Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries and used 4/5 of them to make jam. How many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam? Write the answer as a mixed number in simplest form.
To find the number of pints used for the jam, multiply the total number of pints of strawberries, 3 1/2, by the fraction used for the jam, 4/5:
(3 1/2) * (4/5) = (7/2) * (4/5) = (7*4)/(2*5) = 28/10 = 2 8/10 = 2 4/5
Therefore, Ricardo used 2 4/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.
To find how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, use the following steps:
Step 1: Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction.
3 1/2 = (3 * 2 + 1)/2 = 7/2
Step 2: Multiply the improper fraction by the fraction representing the portion used for the jam.
7/2 * 4/5 = (7 * 4)/(2 * 5) = 28/10
Step 3: Simplify the fraction to its simplest form.
28/10 = 14/5
Therefore, Ricardo used 14/5 pints of strawberries for the jam, which is in simplest form.
To find out how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, we need to multiply the total amount of strawberries he picked by the fraction that represents the portion used for the jam.
Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries, which can also be written as 7/2 since there are 2 halves in a whole pint.
He used 4/5 of the strawberries for jam.
To calculate the amount used for jam, we multiply the total amount of strawberries by the fraction used for jam:
(7/2) × (4/5) = (7 × 4) / (2 × 5) = 28/10.
Now, we simplify the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD), which is 2 in this case:
28 ÷ 2 / 10 ÷ 2 = 14/5.
So, Ricardo used 14/5 pints of strawberries for the jam. This can also be written as a mixed number in simplest form:
14 ÷ 5 = 2 remainder 4.
Therefore, Ricardo used 2 4/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.