Question

Alina has 3/2 hours to complete her homework. She plans to split apart rhentime equally between 3 assignments. Which expression represents the time Alina will spend on each assignment?
A. 3 divided by 3/2
B. 3/2 minus 3
C. 3/2 divided by 3
D. 3 divided by 1/2

Answer 1

C. 3/2 divided by 3

Alina has 3/2 hours to complete her homework. She should divide her 3/2 hours by the 3 assignments to determine how much time she will spend on each assignment. This turns out to be 1/2 hours, or 30 minutes, on each assignment. 3/2 hours is the same thing as 90 minutes, so this answer makes sense. We want the time to be divided by the number of assignments, not vice versa.