* 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.
(1 point)
To find how many full cakes the bakery can make, divide the total amount of gluten-free flour by the amount of flour used per cake.
6 1/2 pounds = 6 + 1/2 = 12/2 + 1/2 = 13/2 pounds
3/4 pound of flour per cake
To divide fractions, multiply the first fraction (dividend) by the reciprocal of the second fraction (divisor).
(13/2) / (3/4) = (13/2) * (4/3) = 52/6 = 8 whole cakes
The bakery can make 8 full cakes from this order.