Question

What product is shown by the model?

Answer 1

A square divided horizontally into 2 whole sections. The sections are divided so that there are 6 equal rows. Four of the rows are shaded. Another square, divided into two whole sections vertically. The sections are divided so that there are 4 equal columns. These square overlap so that there are 6 rows with 4 units in each or a total of twenty-four units. The overlap is shaded and contains twelve units.
Choose one answer.
a. 1 and one-half times 1 and one-half equals nine-fourths
b. 1 and one-half times 1 and one-third equals 2
c. 1 and one-fourth