Erica is baking blueberry pies to sell at her bakery. She starts with 3 cartons of blueberries, of which she uses 32 for the first batch of pies. How many cartons of blueberries does Erica use for the first batch of pies?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ cartons
Q. Erica is baking blueberry pies to sell at her bakery. She starts with 3 cartons of blueberries, of which she uses 32 for the first batch of pies. How many cartons of blueberries does Erica use for the first batch of pies?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ cartons
Identify total cartons and fraction: Step 1: Identify the total number of cartons and the fraction used for the first batch.Calculation: Erica starts with 3 cartons and uses 32 of these cartons.
Calculate cartons used for first batch: Step 2: Calculate the number of cartons used for the first batch.Calculation: 32×3=2 cartons.
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