Question

Joe has 12 cups of soup in a pot. If he pours 1/4 cup of soup into each bowl, how many bowls will he use?

Answer 1

the correct answer is 48 because 4 of the 1/4's could be used to fill 4 bowls each so 4 x 12 = 48

Answer 2

For this question, you'd divide 12 by 1/4. To do this, you multiply 12 by the reciprocal of 1/4. The reciprocal is 4/1, or 4. So 12*48=48

He will use 48 bowls