Angelina has five cakes. She wants to cut them into 2/5 pieces. How many pieces will she be able to cut?
Answer:
She will be able to cut them into 12.5 pieces
Explanation:
We know that the total number of cakes is 5 cakes and that the portion of each piece would be \(\frac{2}{5}\).
To know the total number of pieces she can divide, we would simply divide the total number of cakes by the portion of each cake as follows:
number of pieces = \(\frac{5}{ \frac{2}{5}}\)
number of pieces = \(\frac{25}{2}\)
number of pieces = 12.5 pieces
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