Question

A chef has 4/5 gallon of soup and pours 1/6 of a gallon into each bowl. How many bowls did the chef make, including the partially filled one?

Answer 1

To determine the number of bowls made by the chef, divide the total soup (4/5 gallon) by the amount per bowl (1/6 gallon) to get 4.8, which means 4 full bowls and one partially filled bowl, totaling 5 bowls.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves a chef who has 4/5 gallon of soup and pours 1/6 of a gallon into each bowl. To find out how many bowls the chef can make, including the partially filled one, you would divide the total soup available by the amount of soup that goes into one bowl.

Here are the steps for the calculation:

1. First, convert the fractions to have a common denominator (in this case, the least common denominator is 30), so you can compare and divide them easily.
   
   4/5 gallon = 24/30 gallon
   
   1/6 gallon = 5/30 gallon
2. Divide the total amount of soup by the amount needed for one bowl.
   
   24/30 ÷ 5/30 = 24/5 = 4.8
3. Since you cannot have a fraction of a bowl, the chef made 4 full bowls and one partially filled bowl.

Therefore, the chef made 5 bowls in total when including the partially filled one.