Severing per pound

Question

A restaurant uses 2/3 of a pound of rice to serve to their customers. If each serving is 1/12 of a pound, how many servings can they serve?

Answer 1

Serving, not severing. Severing is the participle of to sever. This means to cut off.

(2/3)/(1/12) = (2/3(12/1) = 24/3 = 8 servings