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31 March, 00:07

A cookie factory uses 1/2 of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used 3 1/2 barrels of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

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  1. 31 March, 00:31
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    First, to make this a bit easier, we can turn the fractions into decimals.

    1/2 = 0.5, 3 1/2 = 3.5

    Divide 3.5 by 0.5.

    3.5 : 0.5 = 7

    Answer:

    The factory made 7 batches of cookies.
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