Question

Ayden has 4\frac{1}{4}
4
1
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cups of dough to make dumplings. If he uses \frac{1}{2}
2
1
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cup of dough for each dumpling, how many whole dumplings can Ayden make?

Answer 1

For this case, we convert the mixed number into an improper fraction:

$4 \frac {1} {4} = \frac {4 * 4 + 1} {4} = \frac {16 + 1} {4} = \frac {17} {4}$

This represents the number of cups Ayden has to make dumplings

If you use$\frac {1} {2}$cups for each ball of dough. So we divide to find how many dumplings Ayden can make:

$\frac {\frac {17} {4}} {\frac {1} {2}} = \frac {17 * 2} {4 * 1} = \frac {34} {4} = \frac {17} {2} = 8 \frac {1} {2}$

So Ayden can make$8 \frac {1} {2}$dumplings

ANswer:

Ayden can make $8 \frac {1} {2}$dumplings