What times 1/3 equals 1/2?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What times 1/3 equals 1/2?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

(x) • (1/3) = (1/2)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by dividing 1/3 on both sides like this:

((x) • (1/3)) / (1/3) = (1/2) / (1/3)

((x) • (1/3)) / (1/3) leaves x and (1/2) / (1/3) is 1 1/2 which means we end up with this x = 1 1/2. Therefore, the answer to "What times 1/3 equals 1/2?" is as follows:

1 1/2

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 3/4 for x in this equation (x) • (1/3) = (1/2), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(1 1/2) • (1/3) = (1/2)

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