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

Question

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

Answer 1

To find the amount of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, we need to multiply the total amount of strawberries he picked (3 1/2 pints) by the fraction representing the amount of strawberries used for the jam (4/5).

First, convert the mixed number to an improper fraction.

3 1/2 = 7/2

Now, multiply the two fractions:

(7/2) * (4/5) = 28/10

Simplify the resulting fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:

28/10 = 14/5

Therefore, Ricardo used 14/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.