Margo freezes 6 cups of strawberries. If this is 3/5 of the total strawberries picked, how many cups of strawberries did Margo pick?

Question

Margo freezes 6 cups of strawberries.  If this is 3/5 of the total strawberries picked, how many cups of strawberries did Margo pick?

Answer 1

6 cups  = 3/5 of the total strawberries picked

 

The total amount of cups = 6 ÷ 3/5

 

 

= 6 X 5/3 = 30/3   =10 cups

 

 

 

I hope this helps!

 

 

 

 

Answer 2

Renee, let's do this two different ways.

 

First, the official way. The word "of" means to multiply, but it's 3/5 of the total. Let t = the total.

 

(3/5)t = 6

(5/3)(3/5)t = 6(5/3)

t = 10

 

Here's another way to think about it. Draw five squares. Three of those squares total 6 cups, so one must equal 2 cups, and all 5 equal 10 cups.

 

Hope this helps!