IXL | Divide fractions and mixed numbers: word problems

A serving of walnuts is 1/5 of a cup. How many servings are there in a 1 3/5-cup bag of walnuts?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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A restaurant chef made 1 1/8 jars of pasta sauce. Each serving of pasta requires 1/8 of a jar of sauce. How many servings of pasta will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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key idea

Write mixed numbers as improper fractions. Multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor.

solution

Divide the total amount of sauce by the amount used in each serving of pasta.

Write

as an improper fraction:

(1 × 8) + 1

Turn this from a division problem into a multiplication problem by multiplying by the reciprocal.

Cancel common factors, then multiply.

9 × 1

1 × 1

Simplify the answer.

The chef will be able to prepare 9 servings of pasta.

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