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.

Answer 1

To find the number of pints used for the jam, multiply the total number of pints of strawberries, 3 1/2, by the fraction used for the jam, 4/5:
(3 1/2) * (4/5) = (7/2) * (4/5) = (7*4)/(2*5) = 28/10 = 2 8/10 = 2 4/5
Therefore, Ricardo used 2 4/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.