Question

Carrie wants to make pancakes for her family for breakfast. The recipe on the box states that 10 2/3 cups of dry pancake mix are needed to make 24 pancakes. Carrie wants to make half of the recipe to make 12 pancakes. In simplest form, how many cups of dry pancake mix will she need in order to make 12 pancakes?

A
16/3

B
5 2/3

C
5 1/3

D
21 1/3

Answer 1

Answer: C) 5 & 1/3

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Step-by-step explanation:

The box says 10 & 2/3 cups of mix will make 24 pancakes.

Carrie only wants to make half that and only wants 12 pancakes.

So we'll divide the mixed number in half.

This means we divide each piece of the mixed number in half like so

• 10 divided by 2 = 5
• 2/3 divided by 2 = 1/3, which you can think of it like 2/2 = 1 then place that over 3.

Overall, the mixed number 10 & 2/3 divides in half to get 5 & 1/3 which is the final answer.

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To check the result, notice that

• 2*5 = 10
• 2*(1/3) = 2/3

Meaning that doubling 5 & 1/3 lands us on 10 & 2/3.

The answer has been confirmed.