Lila made 5 pounds of potato salad for a picnic. Each serving of potato salad is 1/4 pound. how many 1/4 pound servings of potato salad are there?
Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020
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To solve for how many ¼ pound servings of potato salad are there, divide the total amount of potato salad Lila made for the picnic by the amount of each serving of potato salad. Since Lila made a total of 5 pounds of potato salad for the picnic and each serving of potato salad is ¼ pound, divide 5 pounds of potato salad by 1/4 pound of potato salad to calculate how many ¼ pound serving of potato salad are there.
> 5 pounds of potato salad / 1/4 pound of potato salad
> 5 / 1/4
To divide 5 / 1/4, get the reciprocal value of ¼ then multiply the reciprocal value by 5.
> 5 / 1/4
> 5 *4/1
> 20/1 or 20
There are 20 1/4 pound servings of potato salad.