Question

Jeff brought 8/3 cups of berries. He used 1/4 of the berries to bake a pie. He then ate 1/6 of the pie. How many cups of berries did he eat?

Answer 1

`(1)/(9)\ cups`

Explanation:

we know that

1) Jeff brought 8/3 cups of berries and used 1/4 of the berries to bake a pie

To find out the number of cups of berries used to bake a pie, multiply the total cups of berries by the fraction used

so

`(8)/(3)((1)/(4))=(8)/(12)=(2)/(3)\ cups`

2) He ate 1/6 of the pie

To find out the number of cups of berries Jeff ate, multiply the cups of berries used to bake the pie by the fraction of the cake he ate

`(2)/(3)((1)/(6))=(2)/(18)=(1)/(9)\ cups`