Question #4d464

4 Answers
Mar 29, 2017

See the solution process below:

Explanation:

"half" or "one half" is 12

When dealing with fractions in this contact the word "of" means "times" or "to multiply".

Let's call the measure we are looking for m.

We can now write:

m=12×34cup

We can now multiply the numerators and denominators of the fractions:

m=1×32×4cup

m=38cup

Half of 34cup is 38cup.

Mar 29, 2017

38 cup

Explanation:

Well to find half of 34 we multiply this by 12

So...

3412=38

Mar 29, 2017

3/8 of a cup

Explanation:

Whenever a math problem talks about a fraction of a quantity, it calls for multiplication. In this case, that means we will multiply 3412, getting 38 as the answer.

Mar 29, 2017

38 of a cup

Explanation:

We can set up an expression to represent this problem. Since we are looking for 12 of 34 a cup, we multiply the two together ("of" generally means multiplication). This gives us:

1234

=38

Therefore, 12 of 34 of a cup is 38 of a cup.