Question

Which question can be answered by finding 2 1/2 divided by 2/3

??? (100 points)

Answer 1

Explanation:

A question you could answer is if you have 2 1/2 gallons of water and each packet of lemonade powder needs to be dissolved in 2/3 gallon of water, how many packets of lemonade powder can be dissolved in 2 1/2 gallons of water?

Answer: (3/2)/(2/3)= (3/2)*(3/2)=9/4= 2 1/4 round to the least whole number, since we need to know how many whole packets can be dissolved : 2

thus, we can dissolve only 2 packets of lemonade powder in 2 1/4 gallons of water

Answer 2

3.75

Explanation:

A sample question could be, you have 2 1/2 cups of flour and would like to make cookies that need 2/3 cups of flour per batch. How many batches could you make?

The answer is 3.75.