Annie has 10 2/3 cups of potato salad. If she splits the potato salad equally into 4 containers, how much potato salad is in each container?
To split the 10 2/3 cups of potato salad equally into 4 containers, she will divide 10 2/3 by 4.
First, let's convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:
10 2/3 = 32/3
To divide 32/3 by 4, we can multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator:
32/3 ÷ 4 = 32/3 x 1/4
Multiplying the numerators gives us 32 x 1 = 32, and multiplying the denominators gives us 3 x 4 = 12.
So 32/3 ÷ 4 = 32/12 or 2 8/12.
Now, let's simplify the fraction:
2 8/12 = 2 2/3
Therefore, there is 2 2/3 cups of potato salad in each container.
To find out how much potato salad is in each container, you need to divide the total amount of potato salad Annie has by the number of containers.
First, let's convert the mixed number 10 2/3 to an improper fraction. The whole number part, 10, can be written as 10/1. Adding the fraction part, we have (10/1) + (2/3).
To add the fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 1 and 3 is 3. So, we rewrite the fractions with a common denominator:
(10/1) + (2/3) = (10/1) * (3/3) + (2/3) = (30/3) + (2/3)
Now that the fractions have a common denominator, we can add them:
(30/3) + (2/3) = (30 + 2) / 3 = 32/3
Therefore, Annie has a total of 32/3 cups of potato salad.
To find out how much potato salad is in each container, divide the total amount by the number of containers:
(32/3) ÷ 4 = (32/3) * (1/4) = 32/12
The fraction 32/12 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the greatest common divisor, which is 4:
(32/12) ÷ 4/4 = (32/12) * (1/4) = 8/3
So, each container will have 8/3 cups of potato salad.
To find out how much potato salad is in each container, we need to divide the total amount of potato salad by the number of containers.
Annie has 10 2/3 cups of potato salad. To convert this mixed number into an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (10) by the denominator of the fraction (3), then add the numerator (2). This gives us (10 * 3) + 2 = 32/3 cups of potato salad.
Now, we divide 32/3 by 4 (the number of containers) to distribute the potato salad equally. To divide fractions, we multiply the numerator of the first fraction (32) by the reciprocal of the second fraction (1/4).
(32/3) ÷ (1/4) = (32/3) * (4/1) = 128/3
So, each container will have 128/3 cups of potato salad.