Question

mr. Sanchez is making pancakes each big batch of Pancakes uses 3/4 cup of milk if he has 9 cups of milk available how many batches can he make

Answer 1

12 batches

Explanation:

To solve this problem you have to divide like in the drawing.

When you divide fractions you have to keep, change, flip. That means you keep the first number, change the division sign to a multiplication sign, and flip the second number (aka the reciprocal).

For the drawing when I crossed out the numbers and put different ones, that is called cross cancelling. That means if there is a number diagonal to another number and you can divide it by the same number you put the answer to the division. Ex. 2/4 × 3/6; You can divide 2 and 6 by 2 so the 2 will become a 1 and the 6 would become a 3 so the new problem would be 1/4 × 3/3. Now it is easier to do.

Use the drawing to answer the question.