Question

Alex opens a 1-pint container of orange butter. He spreads 1/16 of the butter of his bread. Then he divides the rest of the butter into 3/4 pint containers. how many 3/4 pint containers is he able to fill?

Answer 1

he spreads 1/16 of the butter on bread....leaving 15/16 butter.
He divided the rest of the butter into 3/4 pint containers

(15/16) / (3/4) =
15/16 * 4/3 =
60/48 reduces to 15/12 or 1 1/4 <===

Answer 2

`1(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

We have been given that Alex spreads 1/16 of the butter of his bread.

Let us find amount of butter left by subtracting 1/16 from 1 as:

`\text{Amount of butter left}=1-(1)/(16)`

Make a common denominator:

`\text{Amount of butter left}=(16)/(16)-(1)/(16)`

`\text{Amount of butter left}=(16-1)/(16)`

`\text{Amount of butter left}=(15)/(16)`

We are also told that Alex divides the rest of the butter into 3/4 pint containers.

Let us divide
`(15)/(16)` by
`(3)/(4)` as:

`(15)/(16)/(3)/(4)`

Convert into multiplication problem by flipping the 2nd fraction:

`(15)/(16)*(4)/(3)`

`(5)/(4)*(1)/(1)`

`(5)/(4)`

`1(1)/(4)`

Therefore, Alex can fill
`1(1)/(4)` containers.