Alex opens a 1- pint container of orange butter. He spreads 1/16 of the butter on his bread. Then he divides the rest of the butter into 3/4- pint containers. How many 3/4- pint containers is he able to fill?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-03T14:45:07

#5/4# pint containers..

Lets break it down to a more comprehensible solution..

Alex opens a 1- pint container of orange butter.

#1# pint container

He spreads #1/16# of the butter on his bread

#1 - 1/16#

#1/1 - 1/16#

#(16 - 5)/16 -> "taking LCM"#

#15/16# remaining

Then he divides the rest of the butter into #3/4# pint containers

#15/16 div 3/4#

#15/16 xx 4/3#

#cancel15^5/cancel16_4 xx cancel4^1/cancel3_1#

#5/4#

How many #3/4# pint containers is he able to fill?

He is able to fill, #5/4# pint containers, since the rest was divided by #3/4# to give #5/4# pint containers..