Question

Travis painted for 6 2/3 hours. He received $27 an hour for his work. How much was Travis paid for doing this painting job?

Answer 1

$180

Explanation:

Well because it is $27 per hour, you can start with the whole hours:

6*27=162

then because you are working with fractions you can find what 1/3 of 27 is:

27* (1/3)=9

this tells us that one-third of an hour is worth 9 dollars but because it is 2/3 then you just add another 9. This means 2/3 of 27 is 18.

Then you just add it all up:

162+18=180