Joslani is making slime and the recipe calls for 5/8 teaspoon of coloring. he only has a 1/8 measuring tool available. how many times will he need to fill his measuring spoon to have enough coloring to follow the recipe ?
Joslani needs to fill his 1/8 teaspoon measuring tool with coloring 5/8 teaspoon times.
To find out how many times he needs to fill his measuring spoon, we need to divide 5/8 teaspoon by 1/8 teaspoon.
So, 5/8 ÷ 1/8 = (5/8) * (8/1) = 40/8 = 5.
Therefore, Joslani needs to fill his measuring spoon 5 times to have enough coloring to follow the recipe. Answer: \boxed{5}.
To find out how many times Joslani needs to fill his 1/8 teaspoon measuring tool to have enough coloring, we need to divide the required amount of coloring (5/8 teaspoon) by the capacity of his measuring tool (1/8 teaspoon).
So, we can set up the following equation:
5/8 ÷ 1/8
To divide fractions, we can multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. The reciprocal of 1/8 is 8/1.
So, we can rewrite the equation as:
5/8 × 8/1
Multiplying the numerators (5 × 8) and the denominators (8 × 1), we get:
40/8
Now, we can simplify the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 8.
40 ÷ 8 = 5
8 ÷ 8 = 1
The simplified fraction is:
5/1
Therefore, Joslani needs to fill his 1/8 teaspoon measuring tool 5 times to have enough coloring to follow the recipe.
To determine how many times Joslani needs to fill his 1/8 teaspoon measuring tool to have enough coloring, we need to divide the needed amount of coloring (5/8 teaspoon) by the capacity of the measuring tool (1/8 teaspoon).
So, we can set up the following division:
(5/8 teaspoon) ÷ (1/8 teaspoon)
To divide fractions, we multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction.
So, the division becomes:
(5/8 teaspoon) × (8/1 teaspoon)
Now, we can cancel out the common factor of teaspoon in the numerators and denominators:
(5 × 1) / (8 × 1)
Which simplifies to:
5/8
Therefore, Joslani will need to fill his 1/8 teaspoon measuring tool 5 times to have enough coloring to follow the recipe.