Question

mrs. Ervin has 15 and 1/2 quarts of tea for teachers if Mrs Irvin gives each teacher the same amount of tea how many teachers can get 7/8

Answer 1

Total quarts of tea available = 15 1/2

In improper fraction, that is:

`15(1)/(2)=(31)/(2)`

Each teacher will get = 7/8 quarts

To find the number of teachers, we divide total quarts of tea available by amount each teacher gets. Thus, we can:

`((31)/(2))/((7)/(8))`

To divide a fraction by another fraction, we multiply the fraction by the denominator fraction's reciprocal and get our answer to be (shown below):

`(31)/(2)*(8)/(7)=(124)/(7)=17.71`

Disregarding the fractional amount,

We can say, that 17 teachers can get 7/8 quarts each.

Answer: 17 teachers