Question

The students in the class were given a prize for collecting the most toys in the school toy drive. Their prize was 16 1/2 gallons of ice cream. If the students ate 1/3 of this ice cream before lunch, how many gallons did they eat?

Answer 1

The students ate 5 1/2 gallons of ice cream before lunch.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many gallons of ice cream the students ate before lunch, we first need to calculate the amount they ate. If they ate 1/3 of 16 1/2 gallons of ice cream, we can find this by multiplying 1/3 by the total amount of ice cream.

1/3 x 16 1/2 = 16 1/2 ÷ 3 = 5 1/2 gallons

Therefore, the students ate 5 1/2 gallons of ice cream before lunch.