Question

At Winnie's restaurant, one serving of chicken soup is 1 and 1/2 cups. The chef makes 48 cups of soup each night. How many servings of chicken soup are in 48 cups? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

We want to find how many times 1 1/2 cups fits in to 48 cups. In other words, we need to divide 48 by 1 1/2.

To make easier, let's convert 1 1/2 in to a proper fraction:

`1+(1)/(2)=(2)/(2)+(1)/(2)=(3)/(2)`

Now we want to divide 48 by 3/2. Remember that divide by a fraction is the same as multiply by the inverse:

`48/(3)/(2)=48\cdot(2)/(3)`

Now solve:

`(48\cdot2)/(3)=(96)/(3)=32`

Thus, the amount of serving with 48 cups is 32.