Question

A group of friends is sharing 2 & 1/2 pounds of berries. If each friend received 5/4 of a pound of berries, how many friends are sharing the berries? *

Answer 1

Answer: 2

Step-by-step explanation: You would do 2 1/2 divides by 5/4 to get 2

Answer 2

2

Explanation:

To get the number of friends sharing the berry, what we need to do is to divide the total pound of berries by the amount of berries each friend received.

Now it would be easier if we worked in the decimal fraction route

That means we are to divide 2.5 by 1.25

And the answer to this is just 2