Question

bill has 9 1/3 cups of blueberries. he is using half of them to make blueberry tarts. if each tart will have 2/3 cups of blueberries, how many tarts can bill make?

Answer 1

7 tarts

Explanation:

First, lets make 9 1/3 into a full fraction. You can multiply 9x3 and add it to the numerator, which makes the fraction 28/3. Then it says half of the amount. "of" means to multiply, so lets do 28/3 x 1/2. We should get 28/6. Now, since each tart has 2/3 cups of blueberries, we should divide our fraction by 2/3 to find the amount of tarts. So 28/6 divided by 2/3. We can use KCF on 2/3 which makes the equation into 28/6 x 3/2. Finally, we should get 84/12, which simplified is 7.

Answer 2

7 tarts

Explanation:

1st step: find half of 9 1/3 = 28/3 x 1/2 = 14/3

2nd step: divide 14/3 by 2/3 so you multiply by the reciprocal of the 2nd fraction

14 x 3 = 7

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