Question

45/8 cups of water fill 9/2 identical water bottles. how many cups fill each bottle

Answer 1

IF 45/8 cups fill 9/2 of botles the we can divide them to find the number of cups need to fell one botle so:

$\frac{\frac{45}{8}}{\frac{9}{2}}=\frac{45\cdot2}{8\cdot9\text{ }}=\frac{90}{72}=1.25=\frac{5}{4}$