Question

Emily has 4 1/2 cups of chocolate chips. Her cookie recipe requires 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. How many batches of cookies can Emily make?

Answer 1

There are 6 batches of chocolate chip cookies that can be made.

Explanation:

First, turn 4 1/2 cups into an improper fraction with a denominator of 4 (which is 18/4). Then, do 18/4 divided by 3/4 (or 18/4 times 4/3 and both 4s cancel). The result is 18/3 or 6 because 3 times 6 equals 18.