Question

Carlos buys 4 1/3 pounds of oranges he uses 3/4 of the oranges in a recipe. What is the expression that represents the amount of pounds of oranges that carlos uses?

Answer 1

The first step is to convert 9 3/4 into an improper fraction 9 × 4 + 3 = 39/4.  Now, multiply 39/4 by 2/3.  39 × 2 = 78  and 4 × 3 = 12, resulting 78/12.  Now, reduce 78/12, resulting 39/6.  Now, you can convert 39/6 into a mixed fraction.  6 goes into 39 6 times with 3 left over, resulting 6 3/6, which reduces to 6 1/2.  The answer is 6 1/2 pounds.