Question

Mags has 21/4 pints of milk in her refrigerator. She likes to have 1/4 pint with her oatmeal in the morning. How many bowls of oatmeal can mags have before she runs out of milk

Answer 1

it would be 21 because 1/4 * 21 / 1 is equal to 21/4

Answer 2

9 bowls

Explanation:

Mags has pints of milk =
`2(1)/(4) = (9)/(4)`

She uses pint of milk in one bowl of oatmeal =
`(1)/(4)`

So, no. of bowls of oatmeal can mags have before she runs out of milk:

=
`((9)/(4))/((1)/(4))`

=
`(9)/(4) * 4`

=
`9`

Hence Mags can have 9 bowls of oatmeal before she runs out of milk