Question

There are 5 4/5 cups of milk left in a carton. Write 5 4/5 as an improper fraction. Explain what the fraction represents in this situation.

Answer 1

5 4/5 cups of milk is equivalent to 29/5 cups when written as an improper fraction. This represents that there are a total of 29 fifths of a cup of milk in the carton.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert 5 4/5 cups of milk to an improper fraction, you multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. Here, 5 is the whole number, 4 is the numerator, and 5 is the denominator. So, you calculate (5 × 5) + 4 = 25 + 4 = 29. Therefore, 5 4/5 cups is the same as 29/5 cups of milk in improper fraction form.

In this situation, the improper fraction 29/5 represents the total number of fifths of a cup of milk in the carton. Since there are five fifths in a whole cup, and we have 5 whole cups plus an additional 4 fifths, we have a total of 29 fifths of a cup of milk.

Answer 2

`(29)/(5)\ cups`

Step-by-step explanation:

we have

`5(4)/(5) \ cups`

Convert to an improper fraction

`5(4)/(5)=(5*5+4)/(5)=(29)/(5)\ cups`

`=((5)/(5)+(5)/(5)+(5)/(5)+(5)/(5)+(5)/(5)+(4)/(5))\ cups`

`=(1+1+1+1+1+(4)/(5))\ cups`

The fraction represent (25/5) cups of milk plus (4/5) cups of milk left in a carton

or

The fraction represent 5 cups of milk plus (4/5) cups of milk left in a carton