There are 7/8 cups of sugar in a canister in the kitchen. Ms. Johnson used 1/2 of the sugar when she was preparing dessert for her daughter's birthday cake. How much sugar did she use?

Answer 1

To find out how much sugar Ms. Johnson used, we need to calculate half of the sugar available in the canister.

The amount of sugar in the canister is \( \frac{7}{8} \) cups. To find half of this amount, we multiply by \( \frac{1}{2} \):

\[ \text{Amount of sugar used} = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{7}{8} \]

Now, we can multiply the fractions:

\[ \frac{1 \times 7}{2 \times 8} = \frac{7}{16} \]

So, Ms. Johnson used \( \frac{7}{16} \) cups of sugar for the dessert.