Question

Nita uses 1/3 of a carton of 12 eggs. How many eggs does she use?

Answer 1

She uses 4 eggs because 1/3 of 12 is 4.

Answer 2

She used 4 eggs from the carton.

Explanation:

Given: Carton of eggs has 12 eggs

Nita used
`(1)/(3)` of a carton.

To find: No of eggs she used.

No. of eggs in a carton = 12

⇒ Total no. of eggs = 12

No of eggs she use =
`(1)/(3)\,of\,total\,no.\,of\,eggs`

=
`(1)/(3)*12`

=
`(1*12)/(3)`

=
`(12)/(3)`

= 4

Therefore, She used 4 eggs from the carton