Ayden has 4\frac{1}{4}
4
1

cups of dough to make dumplings. If he uses \frac{1}{2}
2
1

cup of dough for each dumpling, how many whole dumplings can Ayden make?

For this case, we convert the mixed number into an improper fraction:

This represents the number of cups Ayden has to make dumplings

If you usecups for each ball of dough. So we divide to find how many dumplings Ayden can make:

So Ayden can makedumplings

Ayden can make dumplings