Question

If you can buy 1⁄2 of a gallon of milk for 3 dollars, how many gallons can you buy for 5 dollars? Write your answer as a fraction of a gallon.

Answer 1

If half a gallon of milk is 3 dollars then you should be able to buy one gallon for 6 dollars. Therefore 5 dollars can buy 5/6 gallons of milk.