Question

A baker has 10 cups of sugar to make cookies. Each batch calls for 1 1/3 cups of sugar.

How many batches of cookies can he make?

Enter your answer, as a mixed number in simplest form, in the box.

Answer 1

10/1 * 1/3 = 30/3

1 1/3 = 4/3

4/3 can only go into 30/3, 7 times, with a remainder of 2/3.

7 2/3

Answer 2

Alright, lets get started.

A baker has 10 cups of sugar to make cookies. Each batch calls for 1 1/3 cups of sugar.

`1(1)/(3)` is a mixed number, we could write it in fraction form
`(4)/(3)`.

`(4)/(3)` cups of sugar required for = 1 batch

Hence 1 cup of sugar required for =
`(1)/((4)/(3))`

Hence 1 cup of sugar required for
`= (3)/(4)`

So, 10 cups of sugar required for =
`(3)/(4) *10`

So, 10 cups of sugar required for =
`(30)/(4)`

`(30)/(4)` could be written as
`(15)/(2)`

or we could write
`7(1)/(2)`

So, he could make
`7(1)/(2)` batches of cookies. : Answer

Hope it will help :)