Question

A cake recipe requires 2/3 of an ounce of baking powder. How many cakes can be made from a package containing 50 ounces of baking

powder?

Answer 1

75

Explanation:

Divide 50 by 2/3. Division is the same as asking "how many times can i subtract 2/3 from 59?"

`50 / (2)/(3)`

Dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal.

`50 * (3)/(2) = 75`

You can subtract 2/3 from 50, 75 times