Question

Liam's bottle had 2 and 1/2 cups of juice in it. He drank 1/3 of the juice in his bottle. How many cups of juice did Liam drink.

Answer 1

liam drank 2/6 cups of juice

Answer 2

Answer:

Liam drank five sixths of a cup of juice.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we want (1/3) of (2 1/2 cups); that's how much Liam drank.

Re-writing this, we get:

1         5

----- * ----- = 5/6.

 3       2

Liam drank five sixths of a cup of juice.