Question

A cookie recipe calls for 1 1/3 cups of walnuts. Jen wants to use only half of this amount. How many cups of walnuts should Jen use?​

Answer 1

Answer:

4/6 or simplifed to 2/3

Step-by-step explanation:

To find half of anything, you are dividing by 2 or multiplying it by 1/2.

If you are working in fractions, it's easier to do the later (multiplying by 1/2)

So you have 1 1/3 cups of walnuts being multiplied by 1/2.

You should convert any mixed number to an improper fraction first before multiplying or dividing with another fraction.

1 1/3 Mixed number = 4/3 as an improper fraction

So now you can use 4/3 x 1/2

To multiply fractions, you just multiply the numerators together then put that over multiplying the denominators together.

4x1    over   3x2

= 4/6