Question

Lin is a camp counselor. She is making small bags of trail mix for campers to take on a hike . She has 2 pounds of raisins and is putting 1/8 pound in each bag . How many bags can she fill before she runs out of raisins ?

Answer 1

16 bags

Explanation:

To find this, we divide 2 over 1/8, to see how many units of 1/8 fits into that of 2.

`(2)/((1)/(8) )` can be rewritten as 2*8. 2*8 = 16 bags.

Answer 2

16 bags

Explanation:

We are given that Lin is making small bags of trail mix for campers and has 2 pounds of raisins.

If she puts 1/8 pound in each bag, we need to find out how many bags can she fill before she runs out of raisins.

To find this, we just need to divide the pounds of raisins by the amount of raisins she is putting in each bag.

Number of bags Lin can fill =
`(2)/((1)/(8) )` = 16