Question

Ivan has 4 hours of music on his mp3player. Jazz makes up 1/6 of the total time . How many hours of jazz are in Ivan MP3 player

Answer 1

so he has 4 hrs on his mp3 player...for which jazz makes up 1/6 of it..

so we need 1/6 of 4 hrs...." of " means multiply
1/6 * 4 = 4/6 = 2/3 of an hr <==