Question

Trish is sorting bolts for her home repair business. She has an 8-pound bag of bolts. If each kitchen her team repairs requires 1/5 pound of bolts, how many kitchen can she repair? Joshua solves the problem by finding 8 ÷ 1/5 = 40. Melanie solves the problem by finding 8 × 5 = 40. Use the drop-down menus to explain why Joshua and Melanie are both correct.

Choose... a whole number by a unit fraction is the same as multiplying a whole number by the Choose... of the unit fraction.

CHOOSE THING STUFF
1st choose: MULTIPLYING or DIVIDING
2nd choose: NUMBERATOR or DEMOMINATOR

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

8 divided by 1/5 is the same thing as 8 multiplied by 5