It takes joey 1/16 of an hour to write one thank you card. How many cards can he write in 3/4 of an hour?

Question

I need help with the problem in general mainly the answer because thats where i mess up,lol.

Answer 1

3/4 = 12/16

 

If it takes 1/16 of an hour per card and we have 12/16 of an hour

then we can do 12 cards.

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(3/4 hours)÷(1/16 hours/card) = (3/4)(16) = 3(4) = 12

Answer 2

It takes joey (whose name should begin with a capital letter) 1/16 of an hour to write one thank you card. How many cards can he write in 3/4 of an hour?

 

This boils down to "how many sixteenth of an hour are in 3/4 of an hour?"

 

In other words, what must we multiply 1/16 by to get 3/4?

This means we must solve: (1/16)m = 3/4.

If we multiply both sides of that by 16, we get 

m=16(3/4).  Can you finish this calculation?