Question

Vinh bought 4 1/2 gallins of ice cream to serve if a pibt is 1/8 of a gallon how many pint sized servings can be made

Answer 1

For this case we must find the quotient between the number of gallons of ice cream to serve and the number of gallons for each pint. For it:

We convert the mixed number into a fraction:

`4 \frac {1} {2} = \frac {2 * 4 + 1} {2} = \frac {8 + 1} {2} = \frac {9} {2}`

Thus, there are
`\frac {9} {2}` gallons of ice cream to serve.

We look for the pint portions:

`\frac {\frac {9} {2}} {\frac {1} {8}} =\\\frac {9 * 8} {2 * 1} =\\\frac {72} {2} = 36`

So, we have to serve 36 servings.

Asnwer:

36 servings