
Hafid M. answered 07/21/14
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Hi Megan,
This problem is easier if you are able to translate the word problem into mathematical equivalents.
for example, "of" in math means multiplication
...there are other examples I can share with you
for this problem 32 is 4/6 of capacity.
"is" means =
"of" means multiplication.
so it might be helpful to set up the problem like this :
32 = 4/6(T) where I picked T to mean the capacity or total.
does this help? Are you able to solve for T?