Pamela operates an orange juice stand. On Monday she used 10 bags of oranges. On Tuesday she used 7/8 as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Pamela use on Tuesday?

Question

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

To find out how many bags of oranges Pamela used on Tuesday, we need to calculate $\frac{7}{8}$ of the number of bags she used on Monday.

On Monday, she used 10 bags of oranges. So, we calculate $\frac{7}{8}\times 10$:

$$\frac{7}{8}\times 10=\frac{7\times 10}{8}=\frac{70}{8}$$

Next, we simplify $\frac{70}{8}$:

$$\frac{70}{8}=\frac{35}{4}$$

Now, we can express $\frac{35}{4}$ as a mixed number. To do this, we divide 35 by 4:

• 35 divided by 4 gives 8, with a remainder of 3.

So, we can write $\frac{35}{4}$ as:

$$8\frac{3}{4}$$

Thus, the number of bags of oranges Pamela used on Tuesday is $\frac{35}{4}$ or $8\frac{3}{4}$.

In summary, Pamela used $\frac{35}{4}$ bags of oranges on Tuesday.