Question

A baker has 5 1/4 pies in her shop. She cut the pies in pieces that are each 1/8 of a whole pie.

How many pieces of pie does she have?

Answer 1

Knowing that 1 = 8/8
this means 5 = 40/8
1/4 = 2/8

add 40/8 + 2/8 to get 42/8

this means she will have 42 pieces of pie

Answer 2

42 pieces of pie a baker have .

Explanation:

As given

`A\ baker\ has\ 5 (1)/(4)\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.`

i.e

`A\ baker\ has\ (21)/(4)\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.`

`She\ cut\ the\ pies\ in\ pieces\ that\ are\ each\ (1)/(8)\ of\ a\ whole\ pie.`

Than the equation becomes

Let us assume that the number of pieces of pie a baker have = x

`(21)/(4) = (1* x)/(8)`

Simplify the above

`(21* 8)/(4) = x`

`21* 2 = x`

42 = x

Therefore 42 pieces of pie a baker have .