Question

jodie has 2 1/2 cases of soda to split between 5 families. what fraction of a case does each family receive?

Answer 1

We have in total 2 1/2 so we need to divide this in 5 equal parts

First we will convert our mixed number into a fraction

`2(1)/(2)=(4)/(2)+(1)/(2)=(5)/(2)`

Then we divide between 5

`(5)/(2)÷(5)/(1)=(5\ast1)/(2\ast5)=(1)/(2)`

ANSWER

1/2 case