Question
Joe made 8 ice cream sundaes. Each ice cream sundae uses 3/4 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 start by determining how much ice cream is used for each sundae and then multiply that by the number of sundaes.
Each sundae uses \( \frac{3}{4} \) of a cup of ice cream. Therefore, for 8 sundaes, the total amount of ice cream used can be calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Total ice cream} = \text{Number of sundaes} \times \text{Ice cream per sundae}
\]
Substituting the values:
\[
\text{Total ice cream} = 8 \times \frac{3}{4}
\]
To perform the multiplication, we can treat \( 8 \) as \( \frac{8}{1} \):
\[
= \frac{8}{1} \times \frac{3}{4} = \frac{8 \times 3}{1 \times 4} = \frac{24}{4}
\]
Now, simplify \( \frac{24}{4} \):
\[
\frac{24}{4} = 6
\]
Thus, Joe used a total of \( 6 \) cups of ice cream to make 8 ice cream sundaes. Therefore, the final answer is:
\[
\boxed{6}
\]
Each sundae uses \( \frac{3}{4} \) of a cup of ice cream. Therefore, for 8 sundaes, the total amount of ice cream used can be calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Total ice cream} = \text{Number of sundaes} \times \text{Ice cream per sundae}
\]
Substituting the values:
\[
\text{Total ice cream} = 8 \times \frac{3}{4}
\]
To perform the multiplication, we can treat \( 8 \) as \( \frac{8}{1} \):
\[
= \frac{8}{1} \times \frac{3}{4} = \frac{8 \times 3}{1 \times 4} = \frac{24}{4}
\]
Now, simplify \( \frac{24}{4} \):
\[
\frac{24}{4} = 6
\]
Thus, Joe used a total of \( 6 \) cups of ice cream to make 8 ice cream sundaes. Therefore, the final answer is:
\[
\boxed{6}
\]