A 4 pound package of peanuts is divided into 1/4 pound packages. How many 1/4 pound packages will there be?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
A 4 pound package of peanuts is divided into 1/4 pound packages.
Determine how many ¼ pound packages will there be.
Solution:
In order to determine how many ¼ packages are there, we simply need to divide 4 by ¼. Hence, we must take note that in dividing a number with a fraction, we must take the reciprocal of that fraction and multiply it with the number. In our case the reciprocal of ¼ is 4, therefore we multiply 4 by 4.
= 4/¼
= (4)(4)
= 16
Final answer:
There are 16, ¼ pound packages.