Question

Zoe has 8 cups of whole-wheat flour. If each loaf of her favorite bread requires Three-fourths of a cup of whole-wheat flour, how many whole loaves of bread can she make using 8 cups?



A number line going from 0 to 8.

4 loaves
6 loaves
10 loaves
11 loaves

Answer 1

To find out how many loaves of bread Zoe can make with 8 cups of whole-wheat flour, we need to divide the total amount of flour by the amount required for each loaf.

Each loaf requires \( \frac{3}{4} \) cup of flour.

We perform the calculation:

\[
\text{Number of loaves} = \frac{8 \text{ cups}}{\frac{3}{4} \text{ cup/loaf}}
\]

To divide by a fraction, we multiply by its reciprocal:

\[
\frac{8}{\frac{3}{4}} = 8 \times \frac{4}{3} = \frac{32}{3}
\]

Calculating \( \frac{32}{3} \) gives us:

\[
32 \div 3 = 10.6667 \quad (\text{approximately})
\]

Since Zoe can only make whole loaves, we take the integer part:

Zoe can make 10 whole loaves of bread.

Among the options given:

- 4 loaves
- 6 loaves
- 10 loaves
- 11 loaves

The correct answer is **10 loaves**.