Question

Marissa is painting one of her bedroom walls. She marks off 1/4 of the wall. Then she divides the marked section into 3 equal parts and paints one part blue. What fraction of the whole wall is blue?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/12

Step-by-step explanation:

The question can be written as (1/4) / 3. This is equivalent to (1/4)*(1/3), which is 1/12.