Brian is saving money to buy a game. The game costs
$18
, and so far he has saved one-third of this cost. How much money has Brian saved?

Question

Brian is saving money to buy a game. The game costs 
$18
, and so far he has saved one-third of this cost. How much money has Brian saved?

babynini · Answer

Hello my dear!
This problem you divide 18 by 3!

mathstudent55 · Answer

He has saved 1/3 of what amount?

anonymous · Answer

ah okay so it's 6?

babynini · Answer

$$18\div3 =$$
will give you your answer :)
yup! good job.

anonymous · Answer

so kind :') thank u

babynini · Answer

You're welcome:)

anonymous · Answer

Can you help me with 1 more?

babynini · Answer

Sure!

anonymous · Answer

ok it's, Carlos needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for German class. He has memorized 
30
 of the words, which is two-thirds of the list. How many words are on the list?

anonymous · Answer

Would I have to divide again?

babynini · Answer

Mhm! But it's a little different than the last one.
|dw:1453163565598:dw|You want to figure out how much is in each of those circles.
You know what 2 thirds = 30

babynini · Answer

|dw:1453163607025:dw| right?

anonymous · Answer

ahaan

anonymous · Answer

15 right?

babynini · Answer

each of those circles is going to have EQUAL amounts inside.
So here you have
30 divided by 2
to find out how much is in each of those circles. Does that make sense?

babynini · Answer

Yes!! 15 is correct!

anonymous · Answer

you're really good at explaining! How do I make you a friend?? haha

babynini · Answer

Now, you want to figure out how many words there are in all. 
So if there's 15 in each circle, and there are 3 circles. How many words are there in all?
(15 times 3 = ?)

anonymous · Answer

45

babynini · Answer

Exactly right :)
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anonymous · Answer

i have to start over again :( because I put 15 at first. lol

anonymous · Answer

I thought that was answer

babynini · Answer

Awh i'm sorry. I should have been more clear.

anonymous · Answer

It's okay. I just need to get 2 correct in a row thats all.

anonymous · Answer

Can we try again? :D

anonymous · Answer

It's, The yearbook club had a meeting. The meeting had 
8
 people, which is one-half of the club. How many people are in the club?

babynini · Answer

Whoops sorry I went to go help my sister with piano hehe

babynini · Answer

ok so we know 8 is half, that means that if we cut one big circle into TWO each half will have 8, right?
so 8 x 2 = ?

babynini · Answer

|dw:1453165071840:dw|

babynini · Answer

We  notice that it's cut right in half, which means both sides are the same! which means it looks like: |dw:1453165124105:dw|

babynini · Answer

@elythemaster

anonymous · Answer

hmmmmm so 16.