Question

Cassie has 1/2 pound of suger in her cabinet. Her cake recipe calls for 2/10 of a pound of sugar. How many cakes can she make?

Answer 1

How many Tenths are in one half?


`(1)/(2) * (5)/(5) = (5)/(10)`


Now how many times does two tenths fit into five tenths?


`(5)/(10) - (2)/(10) = (3)/(10)`

`(3)/(10) - (2)/(10) = (1)/(10)`


Answer: Cassie can make 2 cakes and she will have (1/10) pound of sugar left over because (2/10) went into (1/2) twice.

Do you have any questions about how I got to my answer?

Answer 2

Two and a half technically, but in whole number two.