Question

Nelson is making chicken salad. The recipe uses 1 1/2 cups of mayonnaise. A serving of chicken salad contains 1/5 cup of mayonnaise. How many servings of chicken salad are in the recipe?

Answer 1

The answer is 7 in a half or another way to write it is 7 1/2

Answer 2

First, start by converting 1 1/2 into an improper fraction to make dividing easier. 1 1/2=3/2.

Next, copy dot flop! (3/2)x(5/1)= 15/2

Now convert 15/2 down to a proper fraction again. 15/2= 7 1/2

So, there are 7 1/2 servings in the recipe :)