Question

A basket contains 11/12 pound of strawberries. One serving strawberries is 1/4 pound. How many servings of strawberries are in the basket?

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Answer 1

• Weight of strawberries=11/12pound
• Weight of one serving=1/4pound

☆No of servings =Total strawberries weight/Per servings weight

`\\ \sf\longmapsto (11)/(12)/ (1)/(4)`

`\\ \sf\longmapsto (11)/(12)* (4)/(1)`

`\\ \sf\longmapsto (11(4))/(12)`

`\\ \sf\longmapsto (44)/(12)`

`\\ \sf\longmapsto (11)/(3)`

• There are total 11/3servings

Answer 2

3 2/3 servings

Explanation:

Take the total amount of strawberries and divide by the number of strawberries in a serving.

11/12÷ 1/4

Copy dot flip

11/12 * 4/1

Rewriting

11/1 * 4/12

11/1 *1/3

11/3

Changing to a mixed number

3 2/3 servings