Question

Find 3/4 of 16.............​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

3/4 × 16 = 3 × 4

= 12 is the answer

Answer 2

Answer:

{1st method }

here's a little tip for you any number can be converted into a fraction if you use one as the denominator

16

__

1

so now that we've converted 16 into a fraction to work out the answer we have put fraction 3 / 4 side by side with our new fraction 16 / 1 so that we can multiply those two fraction

that's right all you need to do this convert the whole number to a fraction and then multiply the numerator and denominator let's take a look.

3×16 48

____ = __

4×1 4

in this case our new fraction can actually by simplified Down further to do that we need to find the greatest common factor of both number

you can use our handy GCF calculator to work this out yourself if you want to . we already did that and the GCF of 48 & 4 = 4

we cannot divide both the numerator and denominator by 4 to simplify this fraction down to its lowest term

4/4= 1

when we put that together we can see that our complete answer is

12

__

1

the complete and simplified answer to the equation what is 3/4 of 16 is :

12

{2nd method}

3

__ of 16

4

= 3

__ × 16

4

= 3× 16

_____

4

= 48

___

4

= 48 ÷ 4

________

4 ÷ 4

= 12

{3rd method}

3

__ of 16

4

3

__ × 16

4

48

__ = 12

4

3

__ of 16 = 12

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