Annie has 10 2/3 cups of potato salad. If she splits the potato salad equally into 4 containers, how much potato salad is in each container?

Answer 1

To split the 10 2/3 cups of potato salad equally into 4 containers, she will divide 10 2/3 by 4.

First, let's convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:
10 2/3 = 32/3

To divide 32/3 by 4, we can multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:
32/3 ÷ 4 = 32/3 x 1/4

Multiplying the numerators gives us 32 x 1 = 32, and multiplying the denominators gives us 3 x 4 = 12.

So 32/3 ÷ 4 = 32/12 or 2 8/12.

Now, let's simplify the fraction:
2 8/12 = 2 2/3

Therefore, there is 2 2/3 cups of potato salad in each container.