Question

Cassie has 1/2 pound of sugar in her cabinet.Her cake recipe calls

for 2/10 of a pound of sugar. How many cakes can she make?

Answer 1

2 cakes with the sugar she has and there will still be some sugar left.

Explanation:

Amount of sugar in the cabinet of Cassie = 1/2 pound

Amount of sugar required by Cassie to make her cake recipe = 2/10 pound

= 1/5 pounds

Then

The number of cakes that Cassie can make = (1/2)/(1/5)

= 5/2

= 2 1/2