Leah is making chocolate chip cookies and the recipe calls for 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. If she wants to make 2/3 of the recipe what fraction of the chips will she need?
(2/3) * (3/4) = ?
To find out what fraction of the chocolate chips Leah will need, we need to multiply the amount of chips called for in the original recipe by 2/3.
To do this, we multiply the fraction 3/4 by 2/3.
To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (the numbers on top) together, and then multiply the denominators (the numbers on the bottom) together.
So, 3/4 * 2/3 = (3 * 2) / (4 * 3) = 6/12.
The fraction 6/12 can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 6.
So, 6/12 simplifies to 1/2.
Therefore, Leah will need 1/2 cup of chocolate chips when making 2/3 of the original recipe.