Question

Joy use 3/4 of a cup of frosting to decorate some cupcakes she divided all the frosting equally between two cupcakes how much frosting did joy use on each cupcake

Answer 1

Joy used 3/8 of a cup of frosting on each cupcake by dividing the total 3/4 cup of frosting equally between two cupcakes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student wants to know how much frosting Joy used on each cupcake if she used a total of 3/4 of a cup of frosting to decorate two cupcakes. To find out, we simply divide the total amount of frosting by the number of cupcakes.

Here's how you do it:

1. Start with the total amount of frosting Joy had, which is 3/4 of a cup.
2. Since she is dividing this frosting equally between two cupcakes, you divide 3/4 by 2.
3. To divide a fraction by a whole number, you multiply the fraction by the reciprocal of the whole number. So, you multiply 3/4 by 1/2 (which is the reciprocal of 2).
4. Doing the multiplication, (3/4) * (1/2) = 3/8.

Therefore, Joy used 3/8 of a cup of frosting on each cupcake.