To find out how many cups of ice cream Joe used to make 8 ice cream sundaes, we need to multiply the number of sundaes by the amount of ice cream each sundae uses.
Assuming each sundae uses \( \frac{1}{2} \) cup of ice cream, we can perform the multiplication as follows:
\[ \text{Total ice cream used} = \text{Number of sundaes} \times \text{Ice cream per sundae} \]
Substituting the values:
\[ \text{Total ice cream used} = 8 \times \frac{1}{2} \]
To perform the multiplication, we can convert \( 8 \) into a fraction:
\[ 8 = \frac{8}{1} \]
Now, multiply the fractions:
\[ \text{Total ice cream used} = \frac{8}{1} \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{8 \times 1}{1 \times 2} = \frac{8}{2} = 4 \]
Thus, Joe used \( 4 \) cups of ice cream to make 8 ice cream sundaes.
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