Question

A water bottle holds 3 1/3 c of water. A bowl holds 2 1/4 times the amount in the water bottle. How much water does the bowl hold? Express your answer as a mixed number in the simplest form.

Answer 1

First you would put both numbers into improper fractions.

3 1/3 = 10/3 and 2 1/4 = 9/4

Multiply 10/3 * 9/4

10*9 = 90 and 3 * 4 =12

So 90/12 is your fraction. Reduce it, 7 6/12

7 6/12 = 7 1/2

So your answer is 7 1/2

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