Question

Amanda and Joyce spent 3 1/3 hours at the lake. For 1/3 of that time, they went fishing. What equation can be used to find the amount of time they spent fishing?Add, subtract, divide, or multiply?

Answer 1

Amanda and Joyce spent 3 1/3 hours at the lake.

For 1/3 of that time, they went fishing. To find the time spent fishing, we multiply both fractions:

`3(1)/(3)\cdot(1)/(3)`

We must express the mixed fraction as an improper fraction as follows:

`3(1)/(3)=3+(1)/(3)=(3\cdot3+1)/(3)=(10)/(3)`

Now we use the following equation to find the amount of time they spent fishing:

`(10)/(3)\cdot(1)/(3)=(10)/(9)`

They spend 10/9 hours fishing, we found that by multiplyingT