Question

Mrs. Jennings had 5/7 gallons of paint. She gave 1/7 gallon each to some students. How many students received paint if Mrs. Jennings gave away all of the paint

Answer 1

To get the answer we have to divide 5/7 by 1/7.
To divide 2 fraciton we can multiply first by inverse of second.

`(5)/(7) : (1)/(7)= (5)/(7) * (7)/(1) = (5*7)/(7*1) = (35)/(7)=5` - its the answer