Question

3. As a fundraiser the school has a pie eating contest. Matt eats 2.75 pies in 300 seconds. b. Use place value, multiplication with powers of 10, or equivalent fractions to explain what is happening mathematically to the decimal points in the divisor and dividend before dividing.​

Answer 1

Using equivalent fractions, the time Matt takes to eat 1 pie is 1200/11 which is the same as
`109(1)/(11)` seconds

Explanation:

The number of pies Matt eats = 2.75 pies

The time duration Matt eats 2.75 pies = 300 seconds

Mathematically, the time duration for Matt to eat one pie is given as follows;

The time to eat 2.75 pies = 300 seconds

Dividing both sides of the equation by 2.75 gives;

The time to eat 2.75/2.75 pie = 300/2.75 seconds

2.75/2.75 = 1, therefore, we have;

The time to eat 1 pie = 300/2.75 seconds

The equivalent fraction of 3000/2.75 = 1200/11

Therefore;

The time Matt takes to eat 1 pie = 1200/11 seconds