Question

Otis Made 13/5 cups of oatmeal. He put 2/5 of oatmeal into each bowl. How many bowls of oatmeal did Otis make?

Answer 1

He made 5 and a half bowls of oatmeal, roughly.

Answer 2

The number of oatmeal bowls that Otis made when distributing 13/5 of oatmeal in bowls with 2/5 is:

• Six and a half bowls.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the number of bowls made, the total oatmeal should be divided into the number of oatmeal that each bowl contains, as expressed below:

• Total bowls= Total oatmeal / oatmeal in each bowl.
• Total bowls= (13/5) / (2/5)
• Total bowls= (65/10)= 6.5 bowls.

Of course, since the total oatmeal and oatmeal on each plate have the same divisor "5", you could simply divide the two dividends, in this form:

• Total bowls= 13/2= 6.5 bowls.