Final answer:
Pooh can make 2 honey shakes with 4/8 cup of honey because 4/8 cup simplifies to 1/2 cup, and there are two 1/4 cups in 1/2 cup.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student's question asks how many honey shakes Pooh can make with 4/8 cup of honey, given that each honey shake requires 1/4 cup of honey. First, we simplify the fraction 4/8 to 1/2 cup since they are equivalent.
To find out how many 1/4 cups are in 1/2 cup, we divide 1/2 by 1/4 or multiply 1/2 by the reciprocal of 1/4, which is 4/1. So the calculation is 1/2 × 4/1 = 4/2 = 2. Therefore, Pooh can make 2 honey shakes with the honey he has available.