Question

Simon bought 2/3 pounds of cookies He ate 4/5 of the cookies he bought what was the weight of the cookies that Simon ate

Answer 1

He ate 8/15 of a pound of the cookies.

If we are looking for 4/5 of something, we just multiply the amount by 4/5.

To multiply fractions, just multiply straight across.

2 x 4 = 8 in the numerator
3 x 5 = 15 in the denominator

Answer 2

Hello

Simon ate 8/15 pounds of cookies.

Multiply the fractions to get your answer.


Hope it helps :)