Question

Rachel bought 6 pounds of dried fruit. If 1/3 of the fruit was dried apricots, how many pounds of dried apricots did she buy?

61/12 pounds
2 1/12pounds
2 1/4pounds
2 1\6 pounds

Answer 1

@Maxine

Answer 2

I'd like to see the original source of this question. Would you mind taking a picture of it and uploading it here?

Answer 3

sure

Answer 4

Ah, so it was \(6 + \dfrac{1}{4}\) pounds of dried fruit, and not just 6 pounds

Answer 5

oh yes sorry my coputer exted it out

Answer 6

So what operation do you think we have to perform to solve this problem? Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, or Division?

Answer 7

multiplcation

Answer 8

That is correct and do you have any idea how we might set up the multiplication?

Answer 9

we would have to multipy 6 1/4 and 13 toghter

Answer 10

Yes, you are correct on that as well, but how do we set that up exactly? Free free to use the drawing board to show this.

Answer 11

okay

Answer 12

sorry thats really bad

Answer 13

I like to write it as

Answer 14

yeah thats way neater to lol

Answer 15

Reason being, you can easily apply the distributive property to this and you don't have to convert the mixed fraction to improper fraction.

Answer 16

Do you think you can try evaluating the expression from here?

Answer 17

thank u

Answer 18

Can you show your work here please? I won't know you have it correct unless you show your work.

Answer 19

okay

Answer 20

is that correct

Answer 21

what is your answer? 6 and 1/12?
because if so then no it isn't

Answer 22

its is 6 1/12

Answer 23

no, how did you get that? did you apply the distributive property that hero said earlier?

Answer 24

i was not sure how to do that

Answer 25

Then you should ask.
so we have
1/3)(6+1/4)
now we distribute.
1/3 times 6 is 2, and 1/3 times 1/4 is 1/12.
Add 2 and 1/12 together and you get your answer

Answer 26

thx