Question

a bakery used 8 1/2 cups of flour to make a full sized cake. if they made a cake that was three-quarter the sized, how many cups of flour have they used?

Answer 1

`6 (3)/(8)`

Explanation:

Let's start by turning 8 1/2 into an improper fraction, which would be 17/2. To find the amount of cups needed for a cake that is 3/4 of a full cake, we multiply 17/2 by 3/4.

`(17)/(2) *(3)/(4) = (17*3)/(2*4) = (51)/(8)`

Turn the fraction into a mixed number:

`6 (3)/(8)`

That should be the correct answer. Hope this helps!!!