Question

Garnet has a container with 15 1/2 cups of flour in it. She can make one dozen muffins with 2 1/2 cups of flour. How many dozens
of muffins can Garnet make with the flour she had?

Answer 1

Answer:6 1/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets start by saying that one dozen is 12 and not a bakers dozen (13)

We will first see how many times 2 1/2 can go into 15 1/2 by dividing the two

$15\frac{1}{2} /2\frac{1}{2}=6\frac{1}{5}$

then we can verify by multiplying 2 1/2 and 6 1/5

$2\frac{1}{2} *6\frac{1}{5} =15\frac{1}{2}$