harvest cereal comes in boxes of different sizes.the regular box holds 7/8 pounds.the small box holds 2/3 as much. How much cereal does the small box hold?
(2/3) * (7/8) = 14/24 = 7/12 pound
To find out how much cereal the small box holds, we can start by determining how much 2/3 of the regular box holds.
The regular box holds 7/8 pounds of cereal. To find 2/3 of this amount, we multiply the regular box amount by 2/3:
(7/8) * (2/3) = (7 * 2) / (8 * 3) = 14/24
Therefore, the small box of Harvest cereal holds 14/24 pounds of cereal.
However, we can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
(14/2) / (24/2) = 7/12
So, the small box of Harvest cereal holds 7/12 pounds of cereal.