Question
Clarence has
1
2
of a cup of frosting and 4 cupcakes. He is extra careful to make sure each cupcake gets the same amount of frosting. How many cups of frosting does Clarence put on each cupcake?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
1
2
of a cup of frosting and 4 cupcakes. He is extra careful to make sure each cupcake gets the same amount of frosting. How many cups of frosting does Clarence put on each cupcake?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how much frosting Clarence puts on each cupcake, we need to divide the total amount of frosting by the number of cupcakes.
Clarence has \(\frac{1}{2}\) of a cup of frosting and 4 cupcakes.
We can calculate the amount of frosting per cupcake as follows:
\[
\text{Frosting per cupcake} = \frac{\text{Total frosting}}{\text{Number of cupcakes}} = \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{4}
\]
To divide a fraction by a whole number, we can multiply by the reciprocal of that whole number:
\[
\frac{1}{2} \div 4 = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \times 1}{2 \times 4} = \frac{1}{8}
\]
Therefore, Clarence puts \(\frac{1}{8}\) of a cup of frosting on each cupcake.
Clarence has \(\frac{1}{2}\) of a cup of frosting and 4 cupcakes.
We can calculate the amount of frosting per cupcake as follows:
\[
\text{Frosting per cupcake} = \frac{\text{Total frosting}}{\text{Number of cupcakes}} = \frac{\frac{1}{2}}{4}
\]
To divide a fraction by a whole number, we can multiply by the reciprocal of that whole number:
\[
\frac{1}{2} \div 4 = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \times 1}{2 \times 4} = \frac{1}{8}
\]
Therefore, Clarence puts \(\frac{1}{8}\) of a cup of frosting on each cupcake.