How many 1 4 cup servings are in 3 8 cups of pudding? (in simplest fraction form) A) 1 6 B) 2 3 C) 3 2 D) 3 8
Mathematics · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Determine how many ¼ cup servings are in 3/8 cups of pudding.
Solution:
In order to determine how many ¼ cup serving are in 3/8 cups of pudding, we simply need to divide 3/8 by ¼. In dividing fractions, we take the reciprocal of the denominator and multiply it with the numerator. The reciprocal of ¼ is 4, hence we multiply 4 to 3/8.
= (3/8)(4)
=12/8
= 1.5
Final answer:
There are 1.5 servings in 3/8 cups of pudding.