My son ad this problem for school and I want to make sure I told him correctly.

Question

There were 12 bottles of paint in the art room. 3/6 of them were full and the rest were empty. How many bottles were empty?

Answer 1

 

 

given:   12 bottles of paint

 

3/6 or 1/2 of them were full, so 6 bottles were full.

 

therefore, 12 - 6 = 6 bottles were empty