Question:
Felicia makes ½ gallon of fruit punch. She pours an equal amount into 8 glasses.
What fraction of a gallon fruit punch is in each glass?
Answer:
The fraction of a gallon fruit punch is in each glass is 1/16
Explanation:
Given
Size of fruit punch = ½ gallon
Number of glass = 8
Required
Fraction of a gallon fruit punch is in each glass?
To solve this question, the following assumption has to be made.
- The 8 glass cups are of equal sizes.
Having said that;
The interpretation of the question is that, the fruit is evenly distributed into the 8 glass cups.
Mathematically, the size of the fruit punch will be divided by the number of glass cups.
So, we have
Fraction = ½ ÷ 8 (convert ÷ to *)
Fraction = ½ * ⅛
Fraction = 1/16
Hence, the fraction of a gallon fruit punch is in each glass is 1/16