erin buys a bag of peanuts that weighs 3/4 of a pound. Later that week, the bag is 2/3 full. how much does the bag of peanuts weigh now?

Question

please answer please  i cant understand it!!! :P 

Answer 1

Hello Lula,

 

The full bag of peanuts weighs 3/4 pound.

But then someone ate 1/3 of the peanuts, and the bag is now only 2/3 full.

This means that there is only two-thirds of the original 3/4 pound remaining now.

 

This can be simply solved by:

 

3/4 * 2/3 = 2/4 = 1/2 pound

 

Hope this helps,

 

Megan