Question

The container of orange juice held 5 and one-third cups of juice. If a serving of orange juice is StartFraction 7 Over 8 EndFraction of a cup of orange juice, to the nearest whole serving, how many servings were in the container? 5 servings 6 servings 15 servings 19 servings

Answer 1

6

Explanation:

6 is the answer.

Answer 2

6 servings

Explanation:

To find the number of servings, divide the total amount by the quantity per serving.

You can compute this using a calculator:

5.333/0.875 ≈ 6.095 ≈ 6 servings

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Or, you can do the mixed-number math:

(5 1/3)/(7/8) = (16/3)(8/7) = 128/21 = 6 2/21 ≈ 6

There were 6 servings in the container.