Question

How many 3 over 8 pound bags of trail mix can be made from 6 and 3 over 8 pounds of trail mix ? Write a division expression

Answer 1

`\frac{(51)/(8)} {(3)/(8)}`

17 bags.

Explanation:

We are asked to find the number of bags with weight 3/8 pound can be made from
`6(3)/(8)`.

To find the number of

`\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=6(3)/(8)/ (3)/(8)`

Convert mixed fraction into improper fraction.

`\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=(51)/(8)/ (3)/(8)`

Since we know that dividing a fraction with another fraction is same as multiplying the 1st fraction with the reciprocal of 2nd fraction.

`\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=(51)/(8)* (8)/(3)`

After cancelling out 8 from numerator and denominator we will get,

`\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=(51)/(3)`

`\text{Number of bags that can be made from available mix trail}=17`

Therefore, 17 bags each of weight 3/8 pounds can be made from
`6(3)/(8)` pounds of mix trail.