Alex opens a 1-pint container of orange butter. he spreads 1/16 of the butter of his bread. then he divides the rest of the butter into 3/4 pint containers. how many 3/4 pint containers is he able to fill?

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Alex spreads 1/16 of the butter of his bread.

Let us find amount of butter left by subtracting 1/16 from 1 as:

Make a common denominator:

We are also told that Alex divides the rest of the butter into 3/4 pint containers.

Let us divide by as:

Convert into multiplication problem by flipping the 2nd fraction:

Therefore, Alex can fill containers.