Your bird feeder holds 3⁄4 quarts of birdseed. Your scoop holds 3⁄8 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will fill the feeder?
Accepted Solution
A:
First, let's create an equation for this problem. [tex] \frac{3}{4} [/tex] ÷ [tex] \frac{3}{8} [/tex]
Next, since you are dividing, you would flip the second fraction and change it to multiplication. [tex] \frac{3}{4} [/tex] × [tex] \frac{8}{3} [/tex]
Now, you would cross simplify it (you can also do this at the end instead, but this way is easier). [tex] \frac{1}{1} [/tex] × [tex] \frac{2}{1} [/tex]
The last step would be to solve it. [tex] \frac{1}{1} [/tex] × [tex] \frac{2}{1} [/tex] = [tex] \frac{2}{1} [/tex] = 2
You would need 2 scoops of birdseed to fill the feeder.