Question

Jorge volunteers 2/3 hour at the animal shelter on wednesday. He volunteers 5 times as many hours on saturday. How many hours does Jorge volunteer on saturday?

Answer 1

3 1/3 hours

Explanation:

We need to do 2/3 * 5 because it is five times as many.

Then we convert 5 to 5/1 because it is the same value and easier to understand.

Now we multiply across (little minus sign is fraction bar for lack of a better way to right it):

2 * 5 10 1

- - = - = 3 -

3 * 1 3 3

So 3 1/3 hours is the answer!