Question

Mrs. Hay is making macaroni and cheese. She has 6 1/2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. She needs to distribute this between 4 bowls. How much cheese will be in each bowl? Keep your answer in fraction form. answer like a 12 year old

Answer 1

Mrs. Hay is making macaroni and cheese. She has 6 1/2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. She needs to distribute this between 4 bowls. How much cheese will be in each bowl? Keep your answer in fraction form. answer like a 12 year old show all steps on how you got your answer

Answer 2

Each bowl will have 1 5/8 cups of cheese.

Answer 3

To distribute 6 1/2 cups of cheese equally among 4 bowls, we can divide the total amount of cheese by the number of bowls.

First, we need to convert the mixed number 6 1/2 into an improper fraction.

6 can be written as 6/1.

Adding 6/1 to 1/2 gives us 13/2.

Now, we can divide 13/2 by 4.

To do this, we multiply the numerator (13) by the reciprocal of the denominator (2), which is 1/4.

13/2 * 1/4 = 13/8.

So, each bowl will have 13/8 cups of shredded cheddar cheese.