Question

Cora put 28 cups of flour into bags that hold 1/2 cup each. How many bags did she fill

Answer 1

So Cora filled 32 half-cup bags with flour.

Explanation:

First, how many 1/2 cups of flour make 16 full cups? This is like asking how many times does 1/2 go into 16. So divide 16 cups by 1/2 cup.

16 cups12 cups=16÷12

=161×21=32.

Notice that the cups symbols canceled out because of the division, so that only the number of bags ( 32 ) is left.

So Cora filled 32 half-cup bags with flour.