Question

Anne made a recipe for miniature bread loaves that called for StartFraction 7 Over 8 EndFraction of a cup of whole-wheat flour. If the recipe made 7 equal-sized loaves of bread, how many cups of whole-wheat flour did each loaf contain? StartFraction 1 Over 8 EndFraction of a cup StartFraction 1 Over 7 EndFraction of a cup StartFraction 8 Over 49 EndFraction of a cup StartFraction 49 Over 8 EndFraction cups

Answer 1

Option A: 1/8 of a cup

Answer 2

1/8

Explanation:

So if the entire recipe makes 7 loaves and calls for 7/8 of a cup, you would need to split the 7/8 cups flour into 7. 7/8 ÷ 7=1/8.