Question

Joe made 8 ice cream sundaes. Each ice cream sundae uses of a cup of ice cream. How many cups of ice cream did Joe use to make 8 ice cream sundaes?

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find out how many cups of ice cream Joe used to make 8 ice cream sundaes, we need to multiply the number of sundaes by the amount of ice cream each sundae uses.

Assuming each sundae uses \( \frac{1}{2} \) cup of ice cream, we can perform the multiplication as follows:

\[
\text{Total ice cream used} = \text{Number of sundaes} \times \text{Ice cream per sundae}
\]

Substituting the values:

\[
\text{Total ice cream used} = 8 \times \frac{1}{2}
\]

To perform the multiplication, we can convert \( 8 \) into a fraction:

\[
8 = \frac{8}{1}
\]

Now, multiply the fractions:

\[
\text{Total ice cream used} = \frac{8}{1} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{8 \times 1}{1 \times 2} = \frac{8}{2} = 4
\]

Thus, Joe used \( 4 \) cups of ice cream to make 8 ice cream sundaes.