Question

Mrs. Ruiz bought 4 4/5 lbs of strawberries. She used 3/4 of them to bake a pie for dessert. How many lbs of strawberries did she use?

Answer 1

3 3/5 lbs

Explanation:

We will multiply the pounds of berries by the faction she used to see how much she used for the pie

4 4/5 * 3/4 = amount used in pie

We need to convert the mixed number to an improper fraction

4 4/5 = (5*4+4)/5 = 24/5

24/5 * 3/4 =

I will change the order to make the math easier

24/4 * 3/5

6 * 3/5 =

18/5

Now we need to change it back to a mixed number

5 goes into 18 3 times with 3 left over

3 3/5 lbs

She used 3 3/5 lbs