Question

Missy has 2 pounds of flour. She uses 1/3 of it in a recipe. How many pounds of flour does she use?

Answer 1

Missy has 2 pounds of flour. She uses 1/3

2 x 1/3 = 2/3

Answer

She uses 2/3 pounds of flour

Answer 2

We know that Missy uses 1/3 of her flour in the recipe and that she has 2 pounds total of flour. To find out how much flour she used, we need to multiply 1/3 * 2. We do this because we are trying to find 1/3 of 2 pounds, and the word of refers to multiplication in math.

1/3 * 2 = 1/3 * 2/1 = 2/3

Therefore, Missy used 2/3 pounds of flour in her recipe.

Hope this helps!