Ms. Smith purchased ½ of a pound of grapes. She would like to make 1/12 of a pound portions for this week’s snacks. How many portions will she be able to make?

There is no enough information to determine how many portions she will be able to make.

We need to know how many pounds of grapes will she needs to make a particular pounds portions for the snacks.

For example, if she needs 2 pounds of grapes to make 5 pounds portion for the snacks, and she purchase ½ pounds of grapes, we can determine how many pounds of portions for the snacks she will be able to make with this information.

Using a simple ratio

2:5 = ½:x

2/5 = ½/x

Multiplying both sides by x

(2/5)x = 1/2

Multiplying both sides by 5/2

x = (1/2)×(5/2)

x = 5/4

x = 1¼ pounds

Meaning she will be able to make 1¼ pounds of portion for snacks with ½ pounds of grapes.

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