Debra has two-thirds of a pound of loose green tea leaves. If she wants to keep one-half of the tea at home and the other half at work, what fraction of a pound will she have at work?

Question

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Responses

start fraction 1 over 6 end fraction
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one-fourth
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one-third
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one-half

Answer 1

To find the fraction of a pound that Debra will have at work, we need to multiply two-thirds by one-half.

Two-thirds times one-half is equal to two-sixths.

Therefore, Debra will have two-sixths or one-third of a pound of loose green tea leaves at work.
The correct answer is one-third.