Question

Word Problems

1) Mrs. Meyers wants to make a haunted gingerbread house. If it takes
13/6
ounces of pretzel
sticks to create a wall, how many walls can Mrs. Meyers make with 26/3 ounces of the sticks?

Answer 1

It is known that 13/6 ounces are needed for 1 wall.

So with 26/3 ounces, she can create walls equal to:

`\begin{gathered} ((26)/(3))/((13)/(6))=(26)/(3)*(6)/(13) \\ =(13*2)/(3)*(3*2)/(13) \\ =2*2 \\ =4 \end{gathered}`

Hence 4 walls can be created with 26/3 ounces of pretzel.