Question

Henry drinks 1/2 of a bottle of soda. Sasha then drinks 1/3 of the soda that is left in the bottle. There is now 6 ounces of soda in the bottle. How many ounces of soda were there in the full bottle?

Answer 1

Answer: There were 18 oz. in the full bottle.

Explanation:

If there are 6 oz. left, and Sasha drank 1/3 of half the bottle, then that means she drank 3 oz, since 6 is 2/3 of 9, which means that half of the bottle was 9 oz. 9 oz. is half of 18 oz, which means that there were 18 ounces in the full bottle.