5 1/2 bottles of water can fill 44 cups.
Step by Step Explanation:
First, lets start by making 5 1/2 an improper fraction. It would look something like this
![(11)/(2)](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/high-school/ji4hegsswikravwt4kq4s3yiitof2xz72a.png)
From here, lets multiply it by
so it's a number over an eighth so it's easier to understand. From this, we get:
![\frac {44}{8}](https://img.qammunity.org/2022/formulas/mathematics/high-school/jjrtl35bw60tztcegzpmcon1t000la1sie.png)
Since we know that 1/8 of a bottle fills a cup, we can divide 44/8 by 1/8 to get us 44 full cups.