Math problem help

Question

Simon bought 2/3 pounds of cookies he ate 4/5 of the cookies you bought what was the weight of the cookies that Simon ate

Answer 1

Molly,

Lets write the question and then translate it into a math equation.

The question is asking: What is 4/5 of 2/3?

Translated to math we get: 4/5 x 2/3 because the word “of” means multiply.

4/5 x 2/3 = 8/15

Answer is 8/15 pounds