Question

Ricardo picked 3 1/2 pints of strawberries and used 4/5 of them to make jam. How many pints of strawberries did he use for the jam? Write the answer as a mixed number in simplest form. (1 point)

Answer 1

To find how many pints of strawberries Ricardo used for the jam, we multiply the total amount of strawberries he picked by the fraction that represents the portion used for the jam:
(3 1/2) * (4/5) = (7/2) * (4/5) = 28/10 = <<28/10=2 4/10=2 2/5>>2 2/5.
Thus, Ricardo used 2 2/5 pints of strawberries for the jam. Answer: \boxed{2\frac{2}{5}}.