Question

Peter wants to make tarts. To make tarts, he needs 2/5 of a cup of flour per batch of tarts. If peter has 8 cups of flour, then how many batches of tarts can Peter make

Answer 1

20 batches

Explanation:

Peter wants to make tarts and to make tarts, he needs 2/5 of a cup of flour per batch of tarts.

Peter has 8 cups of flour.

The number of batches of flour that he can make is given as the number of cups of flour divided by the number of cups per batch.

That is:

N = 8 ÷ 2/5

N = (8 * 5) / 2 = 40 / 2 = 20 batches

Peter can make 20 batches.