Question

Curtis drank 1/2 of his glass of water. Isa drank 2 1/3 times more water than Curtis.

How many glasses of water did Isa drink?
Express your answer in simplest form.

A. 2 1/6


B. 1 1/6


C. 1 1/3


D. 6/7

Answer 1

Multiply both of them. First you have to convert the Whole Fraction thing.
2 x 3 + 1 is?

Answer 2

make 2 1/3 to an "improper" fraction first
with only 1 numerator and one denominator, then
check how much is that times 1/2 :)

Answer 3

it's called a improper fraction

Answer 4

so what is 2 x 3?

Answer 5

\(\bf 2\frac{1}{3}\iff \cfrac{\square ?}{\square ?}\times \cfrac{1}{2}\)

Answer 6

@cutepuppies, i'll help you.
What is 2 x 3?

Answer 7

nice pic @jdoe0001

Answer 8

6

Answer 9

Now 6 + 1 is what?

Answer 10

7

Answer 11

Good now our new numerator is 7 and we keep the same denominator. \[\frac{ 7 }{ 3 }\times \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\]

Answer 12

now we just multiply across

Answer 13

7 x 1 is?

Answer 14

7/6

Answer 15

how do you simplify

Answer 16

Good now 7 divided by 6 is? Do long division. :)