There are 7/8
cups of sugar in a canister in the kitchen. Ms. Johnson used 1/2
of the sugar when she was preparing dessert for her daughter's birthday cake. How much sugar did she use?
To find how much sugar Ms. Johnson used, we have to multiply the amount of sugar in the canister (7/8 cups) by the fraction of sugar she used (1/2).
(7/8) x (1/2) = (7/16) = 0.4375
So, Ms. Johnson used approximately 0.4375 cups of sugar.
To find out how much sugar Ms. Johnson used, we need to multiply the total amount of sugar in the canister (7/8 cups) by the fraction that represents the portion she used (1/2).
Step 1: Multiply the numerators (the top numbers) together: 7 * 1 = 7.
Step 2: Multiply the denominators (the bottom numbers) together: 8 * 2 = 16.
So, Ms. Johnson used 7/16 cups of sugar when preparing the dessert for her daughter's birthday cake.