Question

On the first day of Middle School, the students ate 3/4 of the available ice cream. of the ice cream the students ate, 2/5 of it was fudge bars. What fraction of the available ice cream was fudge bars?

Answer 1

3/10

Explanation:

Amount of icecream they ate = 3/4

Fraction of fudge bars = 2/5

Fraction of the available ice cream was fudge bars = 2/5 of 3/4

$\begin{gathered} of\text{ means multiplication} \\ \frac{2}{5}\times\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{6}{20} \\ =\frac{3}{10} \end{gathered}$

Fraction of the available ice cream that was fudge bars = 3/10