Question

Marla is baking a few cakes for the school bake sale. Each cake requires 2 1/2 cups of sugar. How many cakes can she bake is she has 7 1/3 cups of sugar? SHOW YOUR WORK!

Answer 1

Answer: 2 cakes

Step-by-step explanation:

7 1/3= 22/3

2 1/2= 5/2

44/6-15/6=29/6     1 cake

29/6-15/6=14/6      2nd cake

14/6-15/6 Nope!

Answer 2

2 cakes because 2 1/2x3=7 1/2 and Marla only has 7 1/3