A bakery orders 6 1/2 pounds of gluten free flour. Each gluten free cake uses 3/4 pound of the special flour. How many full cakes can the bakery make from this order? Your answer should be a whole number.

Answer 1

To get the whole number of gluten cakes that the bakery can make, we have to divide the total amount of gluten-free flour by the amount used per cake. This can be represented by the expression:

(6 1/2) ÷ (3/4)

To divide by a fraction, invert the divisor and multiply:

(13/2) × (4/3)

Multiplying the fractions gives:

(13/1) × (2/3) = (26/3)

The quotient is 26/3. To get a whole number, divide the numerator by the denominator:

26 ÷ 3 = 8 remainder 2

So, the bakery can make 8 full cakes from this order of gluten-free flour.