pastry chef has a container with
1
4
pound of sprinkles. The chef needs to spread the sprinkles equally among 5 cakes. What fraction of the sprinkles will the chef use on each cake? Which two equations can you use to solve the problem?
A.
1
4
÷
5
=
1
20
B.
5
÷
1
4
=
1
20
C.
1
4
÷
1
5
=
20
D.
1
4
×
1
5
=
1
20
The fraction of the sprinkles the chef will use on each cake is 1/20.
The equations that can be used to solve the problem are:
1/4 ÷ 5 = 1/20 (dividing the total amount of sprinkles by the number of cakes to find the amount for each cake)
or
5 × 1/20 = 1/4 (multiplying the amount for each cake by the number of cakes to check that it adds up to the total amount of sprinkles)