Question

1. One-half of one-third of a number x
equals 7. What is the number?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1/2{1/3*x}=7

1/2*x/3=7

x/6=7

x=7*6

x=42

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Answer 2

Question

One-half of one-third of a number x

equals 7. What is the number?

Concept

Here, in this given query we have to assume that the number is x . And according to the question by substituting the values we will get our Required Number.

Solution

Let, the number be x

Now,

According to the question,

1/2 × 1/3 × x = 7

➵ 1/6 × x = 7

➵ x/6 = 7

➵ x = 7 × 6

➵ x = 42

Hence, the number is 42

Explaination

Here, according to the question ,

One-half of one-third of a number x

equals 7. Which means 1/2 of 1/3 of x is equal to 7. We know that ( of ) means ( × ) So, the equation will be 1/2 × 1/3 × x = 7. So, by substituting this Equation we got the required number which is 42.

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