Question

Adele is making calzones to sell at her restaurant. She starts with 61 cans of tomato sauce and then uses 5/12 of the cans for the first batch of calzones. How many cans of tomato sauce does Adele use for the first batch of calzones?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
cans

Answer 1

Adele used 25 5/12 cans of tomato sauce for the first batch of calzones.

Explanation:

To find out how many cans of tomato sauce Adele used for the first batch of calzones, we can multiply the total number of cans of tomato sauce by the fraction used for the first batch.

The fraction used for the first batch is 5/12, so we can write:

(5/12) x 61

Simplifying the expression, we get:

(5 x 61) / 12 = 305/12

So Adele used approximately 25.42 cans of tomato sauce for the first batch of calzones.

To write this as a mixed number, we can divide the numerator by the denominator:

305 ÷ 12 = 25 with a remainder of 5

So the mixed number is:

25 5/12

Therefore, Adele used 25 5/12 cans of tomato sauce for the first batch of calzones.