Question

A baker wants to put 3 3/4 pounds of apples in each pie she makes. She purchases 52 1/2 pounds of apples. How many pies can she make?

Answer 1

divide 52 1/2 by 3 3/4
which gets you 14 pies

Answer 2

14

Explanation:

We can convert 3 3/4 into a fraction by multiplying 3 with 4 and adding 3:

`=(3\cdot{4}+3)/4=15/4`

We can convert 52 2/3 to a fraction like the above:

`=(52\cdot{3}+2)/3=158/3`

We can divide the number of pounds of apples purchased by the number of pounds of apples needed per pie:

[tex]=(158/3)/(15/4)=(158/3)\cdot{4/15}=632/45=14.04=14{/tex]

The baker can make 14 pies