Question

Margo freezes 8 cups of strawberries. If this is 2/3 of the strawberries she picked, how many cups of strawberries did Margo pick?

Answer 1

The total cups of strawberries Margo pick are 12.

Explanation:

Given:

Margo freezes 8 cups of strawberries. This is 2/3 of the strawberries she picked.

Now, to find total cups of strawberries Margo pick.

Let the total cups of strawberries be
`x`.

According to question:

`(2)/(3) of x = 8`

`(2x)/(3) =8`

Multiplying both sides by 3 we get:

`2x=24`

Now, dividing both sides by 2 we get:

`x=12`

Therefore, the total cups of strawberries Margo pick are 12.