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 simplist form

Answer 1

To find the number of pints of strawberries used for the jam, multiply the total number of pints picked (3 1/2) by the fraction used for the jam (4/5).

First, convert the mixed number (3 1/2) to an improper fraction:
3 1/2 = (3 * 2 + 1) / 2 = 7/2

Next, multiply the improper fraction by the fraction used for the jam:
(7/2) * (4/5) = (7 * 4) / (2 * 5) = 28/10

Simplify the resulting fraction:
28/10 = 2 8/10 = 2 4/5

Therefore, Ricardo used 2 4/5 pints of strawberries for the jam.