Question

A student can walk to school in 3/4 of an hour. She can ride to school in 1/6 of that time. What fraction of an hour does it take the student to bike to school?

Answer 1

It takes 1/8 of an hour for the student to bike to school.

Explanation:

We want to find 1/6 of 3/4, as that is how long it takes her to ride to school. When taking one fraction of another, we can multiply them. We can apply this to get

1/6 * 3/4 = 3/24 = 1/8. This means that it takes 1/8 of an hour for the student to bike to school.