Question

1/2 of a number is 5 morethan 1/6 of the same number,what is the number??

Answer 1

Answer:

if 1/2 of a number is 5 which is more than 1/6 of the number.

Find the number.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let number required be x.

Thus, 1/2 divided by x= 5

x=5 multiplied by 2/1

x=10

now that we know that the number is 10

To verify lets multiply the number by 1/6 and verify our answer.

1/6 multiplied by 10

=10/6

=1.66                (In full form it is 1.666667)

As, we know 1.66 is less that 10 the answer is correct