Question

Liam's bottle had 2 1/2 cups of juice in it. He drank 1/3 of the juice in his bottle. How many cups of juice did Liam drink?

Answer 1

you basically have to do 2 1/2 times 1/3....



`2 (1)/(2) * (1)/(3) = (5)/(2) * (1)/(3) = (5*1)/(2*3) = (5)/(6) \ \textless \ -answer`

Answer 2

`(5)/(6)` cups

Explanation:

Liam's bottle had
`2(1)/(2)` cups of juice in it.

He drank
`(1)/(3)` of the juice in his bottle.

So he drank the amount of juice =
`(5)/(2)` ×
`(1)/(3)` cups

=
`(5)/(6)` cups

Liam drank Juice
`(5)/(6)` cups