Question

A restaurant went though 3 boxes of plastic forks over 6 months. They used ___ of a box every month.

Answer 1

Ans : 1/2
If they used 3 boxes in 6 months the fraction would be
3 boxes /6 months
Simplify 3/6 to get
1/2

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Answer 2

1/2

Explanation:

You could formalize your answer by setting up a proportion.

3 boxes /6 months = x / 1 month

Cross multiply

3 boxes * 1 month = 6 months * x

the months cancel out.

Divide by 6

x = 3 boxes / 6

x = 1/2