Last month, Austin and Terrence sold candy to raise money for their debate team. Terrence sold $\frac{1}{3}$ as much candy as Austin did. If Austin sold $2$ boxes of candy, how many boxes of candy did Terrence sell? $\newline$ Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. $\newline$ _____ boxes

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Q. Last month, Austin and Terrence sold candy to raise money for their debate team. Terrence sold

\frac{1}{3}

as much candy as Austin did. If Austin sold

2

boxes of candy, how many boxes of candy did Terrence sell?

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Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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_____ boxes

Identify Candy Sales: Step $1$ : Identify the amount of candy Austin sold and the fraction that Terrence sold relative to Austin. $\newline$ Austin sold $2$ boxes of candy. Terrence sold $\frac{1}{3}$ of what Austin sold. $\newline$ Calculation: $2$ boxes $\times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{2}{3}$ box
Calculate Terrence's Sales: Step $2$ : Convert the fraction to a more understandable format if needed. $\newline$ Since $\frac{2}{3}$ of a box doesn't need conversion for this problem, we keep it as is.