Question

Visitors to the library restroom used up 3/4 of a bottle of soap in 1/2 of a day. At that rate, howmuch soap would they use up in 1 full day?

Answer 1

The information we have is:

Soap used in 1/2 day is 3/4 of a bottle.

We need to find how much soup would be used in a full day.

Since a full day is double of 1/2 day, we need to multiply the given information by 2.

Multiplying the amount of soap by 2:

$2\times\frac{3}{4}$

When we multiply a number by a fraction, we multiply that number by the numerator:

$\frac{2\times3}{4}$

Solving these operations:

$\frac{6}{4}$

Converting this to a mixed fraction:

$1\frac{2}{4}$

Which is the same as:

$1\frac{1}{2}$

Answer:

1 1/2