Answer:
4 1/2
Step-by-step explanation:
Mrs. Peele has 11 1/4 pounds of cookie dough. A batch of cookies requires 2 1/2 pounds of cookie dough. How many batches of cookies can Mrs. Peele make?
Number of batches = total pounds of Dough Mrs Peele has / total dough required to make one batch
11 1/4 ÷ 2 1/2
convert the mixed fractions to improper fraction
to convert to improper fraction, take the following steps :
1. Multiply the whole number by the denominator
2. Add the numerator to the answer gotten in the previous step
3. divide the number gotten in the previous step by the denominator
45/ 4 ÷ 5/2
45 / 4 x 2/5 = 9/2 = 4 1/2