Randy has two 28-pound blocks of ice for his snow cone stand. If each snow cone requires \(\frac{2}{3}\) pound of ice, how many snow cones can Randy make?
Answer (3)
28 / 2/3 = 42. You know this is right because 2/3 is less than one, so he must be able to make more than 28. Randy can make 42 snow cones.
He can make 18 and then he wouldn't have enough to make that 19th. You just take 28 and multiply it by 2, then divide it by 3. Or just multiply 28 by 2/3
Randy can make a total of 84 snow cones using his 56 pounds of ice. This is calculated by dividing the total weight of ice by the weight required for each snow cone, which is 3 2 pound. The calculation shows that 56 ÷ 3 2 = 84 snow cones.
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