Question

Mae runs a fruit stand on Monday. She used 3/4 of a bag fruit. On Wednesday she used 1/3 as much fruit as Monday. What fraction of a bag of fruit does Mae use on Wednesday

Answer 1

Mae used 1/4 of the whole bag on Wednesday.

Explanation:

From the question, we understand that the fraction of the whole bag that Mae used on Monday is 3/4.

On Wednesday, we are then told that Mae uses 1/3 as much fruit as on Monday.

This means that Mae uses 1/3 of the fruits she used on Monday. The fruits she used on Monday was actually 3/4 of the whole.

This means that on Wednesday, Mae used 1/3 of 3/4 fruits.

In Mathematics, the word "of" there stands for multiplication. Hence, Mae used 1/3 X 3/4 = 1/4 of the whole bag

Mae used 1/4 of the whole bag