A bakery orders 6 1/2 pounds of gluten-free flour. Each gluten-free cake uses 3/4 pound of the special flour. How many full cakes can the bakery make from this order? Your answer should be a whole number
To find the number of full cakes the bakery can make, we need to divide the total weight of the gluten-free flour by the weight needed for each cake.
6 1/2 pounds can be written as 13/2 pounds.
Dividing 13/2 pounds by 3/4 pound per cake gives us:
(13/2) รท (3/4) = (13/2) * (4/3) = 52/6 = 8.
Therefore, the bakery can make 8 full cakes from this order.