Question

mother bought 2 1/2 pounds of berries on monday. Sammy eat 1/4 of the berries. how many pounds of berries sammy eat on monday.

I wrote: she ate 0.625 on monday but not sure and need help with 2nd and 3rd part. Thank you for helping

Second part: how many pounds leftover?
third part: on tuesday sammy eat 1/3 of the leftovers. hom many pounds did sammy eat on tuesday?

Thank you

Answer 1

didn't you just post this problem beforE?

Answer 2

0.625

you did post this question before hence why i still remember the answer

Answer 3

for the first part just multiply 2 1/2 times 1/4. what do you get? it's probably easiest to put 2 1/2 into an improper fraction first.

Answer 4

or change it to numbers and then do it

Answer 5

i got the 0.625.. but what do i do with the 2nd and 3rd part?

Answer 6

0.625 is not correct for part a.

Answer 7

5/2 times 1/4 = 5/8

Answer 8

oh! ha, you're right, sorry, I was computing part b. So part b is asking how many berries are left over?

Answer 9

if you start with 2 1/2, and eat 5/8, what's left?

Answer 10

ok so.. 2 1/2 = 5/2 minus 5/8?

Answer 11

right.

Answer 12

15/8

Answer 13

I'd first convert 5/2 into something/8.

Answer 14

yep, 20/8 minus 5/8 is 15/8. nice!

Answer 15

now he has 15/8 and he eats 1/3 of that. so, multiply.

Answer 16

15/24?

Answer 17

you got it! you can reduce 15/24 now, since there's a common factor of 3.

Answer 18

5/8

Answer 19

that's it!

Answer 20

thank you..!!

Answer 21

no problem