Question

Todd bought 3/8 of a pound of banana chips. He ate 1/9 of what he purchased what fraction of a pound of banana chips did todd eat?​

Answer 1

`(1)/(24)`

Explanation:

He bought 3/8 of a pound and ate 1/9 of it. The equation of this problem would be:

`(3)/(8) * (1)/(9)` = amount he ate

Cancel the 3 on the numerator by dividing the denominator by 3.

`(1)/(8) * (1)/(3)` =
`(1)/(24)`

Thus, he ate
`(1)/(24)` pounds of chips