Porric's mother made fish fries for lunch. She made fish ice cream for dessert. It takes 3 small fish to make 1 1/4 cup of ice cream. How
many fish does it take to make 6 cups of ice cream?
6 cups * (3 fish / 5/4 cup) = 6*3*4/5 fish = 14 2/5 fish
To find out how many fish it takes to make 6 cups of ice cream, we first need to know how many small fish are needed to make 1 1/4 cup.
Given that it takes 3 small fish to make 1 1/4 cup of ice cream, we can set up a proportion to find the number of fish required for 6 cups of ice cream.
Let's set up the proportion:
3 fish / 1 1/4 cup = x fish / 6 cups
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:
3 fish * 6 cups = 1 1/4 cup * x fish
18 fish = 1.25 cup * x fish
To isolate the variable on one side of the equation, we divide both sides by 1.25 cup:
18 fish / 1.25 cup = x fish
Simplifying this fraction:
14.4 fish = x fish
Since we cannot have a fraction of a fish, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, it would take 15 fish to make 6 cups of ice cream.
To determine how many fish it takes to make 6 cups of ice cream, we need to use the given information.
We know that it takes 3 small fish to make 1 1/4 cup of ice cream.
First, we need to figure out how many groups of 1 1/4 cups are in 6 cups.
To do this, we divide 6 cups by 1 1/4 cups:
6 cups ÷ 1 1/4 cups = 6 ÷ 1 1/4
Next, we need to convert the mixed fraction 1 1/4 to an improper fraction.
1 1/4 is equal to 5/4:
6 ÷ 5/4
To divide by a fraction, we multiply by its reciprocal. The reciprocal of 5/4 is 4/5:
6 x 4/5 = 24/5
So, it would take 24/5 groups of 3 small fish to make 6 cups of ice cream.
To find the total number of fish, we multiply the number of groups by the number of fish in each group:
24/5 x 3 = (24 x 3) / 5 = 72/5
Therefore, it would take 72/5, or 14.4, small fish to make 6 cups of ice cream.