Question

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Rick has 1 1/3 pounds of sugar. He also has 2/3 pounds of flour. He needs to pour 14 of each into a mixing bowl.

How much sugar was poured into the bowl?

? pounds

How much flour was poured into the bowl?

? pounds

Answer 1

Rick has 1 1/3, or 4/3, pounds of sugar.
He needs to pour 1/4 of this amount into the bowl.
4/3 * 1/4 Multiply the numerators and the denominators
(4*1) / (3*4) = 4/12 Simplify, 4/12 can be simplified to 1/3.
He poured 1/3 pound of sugar.

Now, for flour, we need to find 1/4 of 2/3, using the same process:
(2/3) * (1/4) = (2*1) / (3*4) = 2/12 = 1/6
He poured 1/6 pound of flour