Question

Carly purchased 9 ½ pints of ice cream for a party. If each guest will be served exactly ⅗ pint of ice cream, what is the greatest number of guests that Carly can serve?

Group of answer choices

5

16

15

9

Answer 1

15

Explanation:

9.5 / 0.6 =

95/6 =

15.83333

Since a person cannot be a half, say that Carly can serve 15 guests.

Answer 2

She can serve 15 people

Explanation:

This is a division problem

9 1/2 ÷ 3/5

Change the mixed number to an improper fraction

9 1/2 = ( 2*9 +1) /2 = 19/2

19/2 ÷ 3/5

We can use copy dot flip to change division to multiplication

19/2 * 5/3

95/6

Change the improper fraction to a mixed number

95/6 = 15 with5 left over

15 5/6

She can serve 15 people