5/8 pound of scrambled eggs needs to be divided equally among 5 plates. How much scrambled eggs does each plate get?(1 point)
Responses
1/8 pound
3 1/8 pounds
8 pounds
8/25 pound
The correct answer is 1/8 pound.
To divide 5/8 pound of scrambled eggs equally among 5 plates, you need to find the quotient of 5/8 divided by 5.
Step 1: Divide the numerator (5) by the denominator (8):
5 ÷ 8 = 0.625
Step 2: Divide the result (0.625) by 5 to distribute it equally among the 5 plates:
0.625 ÷ 5 = 0.125
Therefore, each plate will receive 1/8 pound of scrambled eggs. So the correct answer is 1/8 pound.
To find out how much scrambled eggs each plate will get, you need to divide the total amount of scrambled eggs (5/8 pound) by the number of plates (5).
To do this, you can divide the numerator (5) by the denominator (8) and then multiply the result by 1/5 (since there are 5 plates).
(5/8 pound) ÷ 5 = (5 ÷ 8) × (1/5)
To simplify the equation, you can multiply the numerators (5 and 1) and multiply the denominators (8 and 5):
(5 ÷ 8) × (1/5) = (5 × 1) ÷ (8 × 5) = 5/40 = 1/8 pound
Therefore, each plate will get 1/8 pound of scrambled eggs.