Question

Carlos used 6 boards to build 2/3 of a front porch. How many boards will Carlos use to build the whole porch? Express your answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

9 boards

Explanation:

2/3 of the porch= 6 boards

so to figure out how much one third of the porch needs you find half of what it takes to fill in 2/3 of the porch and you get 3.

so 3=1/3 of the porch

then you simply do 3times 3 or 3+3+3 and you get 9

so it takes 9 boards to fill the whole porch