Question

jodie has 2 1/2 cases of soda to split between 5 families. what fraction of a case does each family receive?

Answer 1

We have in total 2 1/2 so we need to divide this in 5 equal parts

First we will convert our mixed number into a fraction

$2\frac{1}{2}=\frac{4}{2}+\frac{1}{2}=\frac{5}{2}$

Then we divide between 5

$\frac{5}{2}÷\frac{5}{1}=\frac{5\ast1}{2\ast5}=\frac{1}{2}$

ANSWER

1/2 case