Question

Haley has 3 3/8 cups of sugar to make pies. If each pie uses 2 1/4 cups of sugar, how many pies can she make?

Answer 1

With 3 3/8 cups of sugar Haley can make one and a half pie.

Explanation:

The amount of sugar required to make each pie = 2 1/4 cup

Now,
`2 (1)/(4)   = 2 + (1)/(4)   = 2 + 0.25  = 2.25`

So, Haley uses 2.25 cup of sugar foe each pie.

Total cups of Sugar Haley has = 3 3/8 cups.

Now,
`3 (3)/(8)   = 3 + (3)/(8)   = 3 + 0.375  = 3.375`

So, the total amount of sugar Haley has is 3.375 cups.

Now,
`\textrm{Number of pies she can make}  = \frac{\textrm{Total cups of sugar she has}}{\textrm{Cups of sugar required for each cake}}`

=
`(3.375)/(2.25)    =1.5`

or the number of pies she can make = 1.5

Hence, with 3 3/8 cups of sugar Haley can Make 1 1/2 pie.