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Elijah put 18 cups of flour into a bag that holds 2/3 cups each. How many bags did he fill?

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Hi there! To solve this question, we can just divide by 2/3. To divide fractions, keep the first fraction the same, change division into multiplication, and flip the second fraction over. 18/1 * 3/2 is 54/2 or 27 in simplest form. Elijah filled 27 bags.
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