Question

A restaurant chef made 2 1/2 pints of mushroom soup. Each bowl of soup holds 1/2 of a pint. How many bowls of soup will the chef be able to fill?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

To find out how many bowls of soup the chef can fill, divide the total amount of soup made by the amount each bowl holds. With 2 1/2 pints of mushroom soup and each bowl holding 1/2 pint, the chef can fill 5 bowls.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves dividing the total quantity of mushroom soup by the capacity of each bowl to determine how many bowls the chef can fill.

• We know the chef made 2 1/2 pints of mushroom soup, and each bowl holds 1/2 pint.

To find the answer, you divide the total pints of soup by the pints each bowl can hold.

• 2 1/2 pints ÷ 1/2 pint per bowl = 5

Therefore, the chef can fill 5 bowls of soup.

Answer 2

The answer to your question is 10/2 or 5 bowls

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

total soup = 2 1/2 pints

bowl = 1/2 pint

the number of bowls = ?

Process

1) Convert the mixed fractions to improper fractions

2 1/2 = (4 + 1) / 2 = 5/2

2) Divide the total amount of soup by the soup that holds a bowl

5/2 ÷ 1/2 = 10/2

3) Result

Fraction = 10/2

Whole number = 5