A trip to Boston from New York will take you 4 1/2 hours. If you traveled 1/3 of the way, how long is th trip?

Answer 1

If the whole trip is 4½ hours, then a third of that would be 1½ hours.

You can do this by multiplying fractions:
4½ x ⅓

Change 4½ into a mixed fraction:
9/2 x 1/3

Now multiply across (multiply numerators and multiply denominators)
9/6

Reduce the fraction (divide numerator and denominator by 3)
3/2

Convert this back to a mixed fraction:
1½

Alternatively, done as decimals, you have
4.5 hours / 3 = 1.5 hours

Don't worry, you'll learn to do this in your head without even having to think about it. Maybe they'll teach you more about this in school next year.

Answer 2

Ok, all you need to do to find a third of something is to multiply it by 1/3....... or divide by 3! same thing.

So.... 4.5 / 3 = 1.5

so an hour and a half. Good luck!

...of course you have to deal with jet lag and the airlines making you wait and everything. Variables will not be factored in. :P

Answer 3

Are you serious? One third of 4.5 = 1.5 hours. You shouldn't even need to take your shoes off to figure that one out. Damn.