Fred had 2 1/5 kg of flower and used 4/7 of it. How much flower did Fred use

Answer 1

Hi Luis,

I recorded a quick video explanation for you. Just in case the playback does not work well, here's a written explanation also.

When you see the word "of" in a fraction problem, that's a clue that you need to multiply. For example, to find 1/3 of 9, you would multiply 1/3 x 9 to find 3.

Let's do a sample problem that's similar to the problem you're working on to show you the steps you would take to solve it.

If you wanted to find 1/3 of 2-4/5, you would solve it as follows:

1/3 x 2-4/5 =

1/3 x 14/5 =

14/15

Good luck with this problem!