Question

3 Nancy has 5 pounds of jelly beans to divide intobags for her grandchildren. If she puts & poundof jelly beans in each bag, how many bags canshe make?+A 10 bagsc 1, bagsB 5 bagsD 20 bags«xSHIFT Draw circle

Answer 1

Divide the total pounds of jelly beans (5) by the amount in each bag (1/4)

`5\colon(1)/(4)=`

5 is equal to 5/1 ( as a fraction)

`(5)/(1)\colon(1)/(4)`

dividing 2 fractions is the same as multiplying by the inverse of the second fraction

`(5)/(1)\cdot(4)/(1)=(20)/(1)=20`

answer: 20 bags