Word Problems with Mrs Tofa and my group

Today our group circles had a maths word problem with Mrs Tofa our problem was James is making pineapple pies. He needs 2/3s of a pineapple for one pie. How many pineapple pies can he make with 12 apple pies? So this was my strategy I drew 12 pineapples and cut them into 2/3s each and I had 12/3s left so I did 6x3 = 18 and thats how I got my answer.