Luca had a large container of yogurt with 1 5/8 pounds of yogurt left in it. If a serving of yogurt is 3/8 of a pound, to the bearest whole serving, hoe many servings of yogurt are in the container?

Question

Here are the choices:

A. 1 serving

B. 2 servings

C. 4 servings

D. 5 servings

Answer 1

Container holds 13/8lb of yogurt and a serving is 3/8lb. Both the container amount and the serving amount are in eighths, so we simply divide 13 by 3=4 1/3, answer C: 4 servings to the nearest whole number. 4 servings comes to 12/8=3/2lb or 1 1/2lb, so we have a little over (1/8lb, because (13-12)/8=1/8lb).