Question

A jar contains 29 5/7 tablespoons of peanut butter. If one serving of peanut butter is 2 tablespoons, how many servings of peanut butter does the jar contain? Express your answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

The answer should be 14 12/14 in simplest 14 6/7

Answer 2

29 5/7 divided by 2 is 14 with a remainder of 1 5/7, remaider is 12/7, but since you know this can't be a vaild mixed number, multiply the denominator by 2, the number you are dividing by...

The answer is 14 12/14. Hope this helps!