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#1 2007-11-19 09:48:46
- Joseph
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Help$$$
Chef Lee made a recipe of soup that yields 30 cups.If he puts 1 1/4 cups of soup in each serving, how many servings does he have? I need the answer now!!!
#2 2007-11-19 10:09:02
- mathsyperson
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Re: Help$$$
To have x servings of soup, he needs (1 1/4)x = 5x/4 cups of it. He has thirty cups, so you have an equation:
5x/4 = 30.
Solve: 5x = 120
x = 24.
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#3 2007-11-20 19:07:39
- John E. Franklin
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Re: Help$$$
I agree with 24. Let's count by fourths to get good at this.
(0) (1/4) (2/4) (3/4) (1) (1 1/4) (1 2/4) (1 3/4) (2) (2 1/4) (2 2/4) (2 3/4) (3)
Now let's count by 1 and 1 fourths to get good at that.
(0) (1 1/4) (2 2/4) (3 3/4) (5) (6 1/4) (7 2/4) (8 3/4) (10)
bye.
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