jane gets 1/2 of a gold star each star each time she helps her teacher clean up the classroom after art class how many times would Jane need to help her teacher to earn 3 whole gold stars.? draw fraction strips to help.
Given that: Jane gets 1/2 of a gold star for a single clean up. To get 3 whole gold stars she needs x number of clean up. So equation is: [tex] \frac{1}{2} \times x= 3
[/tex] Multiply both sides by 2. x = 2 x 3 x=6 Jane will help her teacher 6 times to get 3 whole gold stars. or 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = (1+1+1+1+1+1)/2 = 6/2 = 3 whole stars for 6 times help.
