The question is to find out how many times 1/4 is equal to 1 1/2 First lets convert the total: 1 1/2 = 2/2 + 1/2 = 3/2 now we need to find out a number that multiplied by 1/4 gives 3/2, that is an equation: (1/4)x = 3/2 and solving for x: x = (3/2)*4 x = 12/2 x = 6 therefore they will take 6 days to repave the whole street
