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Question

cups of sugar in a canister in the kitchen. Ms. Johnson used 1/2
of the sugar when she was preparing dessert for her daughter's birthday cake. How much sugar did she use?

Answer 1

To find out how much sugar Ms. Johnson used, we need to calculate \( \frac{1}{2} \) of \( \frac{7}{8} \).

We can do this by multiplying the two fractions:

\[ \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{7}{8} = \frac{1 \times 7}{2 \times 8} = \frac{7}{16} \]

So, Ms. Johnson used \( \frac{7}{16} \) cups of sugar for the dessert.