It's spaghetti night at Evelyn's house! She has 8 ounces of freshly grated cheese to sprinkle evenly over 5 bowls of spaghetti.

Question

How much cheese will be in each bowl?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

Answer 1

To find out how much cheese will be in each bowl, we need to divide the total amount of cheese (8 ounces) by the number of bowls (5).

We can set up the division as follows:

\[ \frac{8 \text{ ounces}}{5 \text{ bowls}} = \frac{8}{5} \]

Now, \(\frac{8}{5}\) is an improper fraction. To convert it to a mixed number, we can divide 8 by 5:

8 divided by 5 equals 1 with a remainder of 3.

So, we can write:

\[ \frac{8}{5} = 1 \frac{3}{5} \]

Therefore, each bowl will have \( \frac{8}{5} \) ounces of cheese, which can also be expressed as the mixed number \( 1 \frac{3}{5} \) ounces.

In summary, each bowl will have \( \frac{8}{5} \) ounces of cheese or \( 1 \frac{3}{5} \) ounces.