Question

Thomas has 40 cups of flour that he wants to share equally with 5 friends. How many quarts of flour will each friend get?

Answer 1

From the statement of the problem, we know that:

• Thomas has 40 cups of flour,

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• he wants to share equally with 5 friends.

If Thomas wants to share equally the cups of flour with his friends, he must give the same number of cups to each friend, that number is given by the quotient:

`\frac{\text{total \# of cups of flour}}{\text{total \# of friends}}=\frac{40\text{ cups}}{5\text{ friends}}=8\cdot\frac{\text{cups}}{\text{friend}}\text{.}`

So each friend will receive 8 cups of flour. Now, because each cup has 4 quarts, each friend will receive:

`8\cdot\frac{\text{cups}}{\text{friend}}\cdot4\cdot\frac{\text{quarts}}{\text{cup}}=32\cdot\frac{\text{quarts}}{\text{friend}}\text{.}`

Answer

Each friend will receive 32 quarts of flour.