Gus is making 48 ounces of spiced cider. If he serves an equal amount to 7 people, will each person get more than 1 cup of cider or less than 1 cup? Show your work

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15 May, 22:04

Gus is making 48 ounces of spiced cider. If he serves an equal amount to 7 people, will each person get more than 1 cup of cider or less than 1 cup? Show your work

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Keely Rasmussen · Answer 1

For me, I would want to find how many cups of spiced cider there are all together.

48 ounces equal 6 cups, as there are 8 ounces in every cup.

So now we can divide 6 by 7, as 7 people are splitting 6 cups of spiced cider.

6:7=6/7

As you divide, you realize that it is going to become a fraction, and the numerator is smaller than the denominator, so it is less than 1. So each person will receive less that 1 cup of spiced cider.