IXL | Understand fractions as division: word problems

On the last day of school, Wesley wants to bring in homemade breakfast biscuits for his classmates. He makes a batch of 25 biscuits using 8 cups of flour.

How much flour is in each biscuit?

Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

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On the last day of school, Evan wants to bring in homemade breakfast biscuits for his classmates. He makes a batch of 25 biscuits using 8 cups of flour.

How much flour is in each biscuit?

Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

cups

solution

Start by listing the information given in the problem:

There are 8 cups of flour.
The flour is divided equally between 25 biscuits.

There are 8 cups of flour divided between 25

biscuits.

To find how much flour is in each biscuit, divide 8 by 25.

So, each biscuit contains

cups of flour.

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