Question

A baker has additional flour at the end of the day. He uses 1/8 of a bucket of flour to bake two cakes.

How much flour did he use to make one cake?
A. 1/2 bucket of flour
B. 1/4 bucket of flour
C. 1/8 bucket of flour
D. 1/16 bucket of flour

Answer 1

d. one half of 1/8 is 1/16

Answer 2

D. 1/16 Bucket of flour
The reason it is this this way is because for two cakes the baker needed 1/8 of a bucket of flour so if you wanted to find out how many buckets of flour you would need for 1 cake is simple. You would divide 1/8 by 2 and when you divide a fraction you have to flip the number that needs to be divided and in this case it is 1/8. Then you would multiply 8/1 (the fraction 1/8 is being flipped) by 2/1 ( or just 2), and 8 x 2= 16. And your end answer should be 1/16
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