Question

Karen bought 8 pounds of fruit to make 3 equal-sized fruit salads. What is the weight of each fruit salad? 2 pounds 223 2 2 3 pounds 3 pounds 313 3 1 3 pounds

Answer 1

Answer: 2²/₃ pounds

Explanation:

There are 8 pounds of fruit.

These are to be used to make 3 equal sized fruit salad.

The weights of each fruit salad will therefore be:

= Pounds of fruit/ Number of fruit salads

= 8 / 3

= 2²/₃ pounds