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A baker has 5 1/4 pies in her shop. She cut the pies in pieces that are each 1/8 of a whole pie.

How many pieces of pie does she have?

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Knowing that 1 = 8/8
this means 5 = 40/8
1/4 = 2/8

add 40/8 + 2/8 to get 42/8

this means she will have 42 pieces of pie

Answer:

42  pieces of pie a baker have .

Step-by-step explanation:

As given

\(A\ baker\ has\ 5 \frac{1}{4}\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.\)

i.e

\(A\ baker\ has\ \frac{21}{4}\ pies\ in\ her\ shop.\)

\(She\ cut\ the\ pies\ in\ pieces\ that\ are\ each\ \frac{1}{8}\ of\ a\ whole\ pie.\)

Than the equation becomes

Let us assume that the number of  pieces of pie a baker have = x

\(\frac{21}{4} = \frac{1\times x}{8}\)

Simplify the above

\(\frac{21\times 8}{4} = x\)

\(21\times 2 = x\)

42 = x

Therefore 42  pieces of pie a baker have .

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