2/7 of a number is 6.What is the number?
2/7 x = 6
2x = 42
x = 21
or, you could say,
if 2/7 is 6,
1/7 is 3
so, the number is 21
To find the number, we can set up an equation based on the given information.
Let's define the unknown number as "x".
According to the problem, 2/7 of this unknown number is equal to 6.
We can write this as an equation:
(2/7) * x = 6
To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation.
To do this, we can multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 2/7, which is 7/2 (or you can think of it as multiplying both sides by 7 and then dividing both sides by 2).
By performing the multiplication, we have:
x = (7/2) * 6
Now, multiply 7/2 and 6:
x = 21
Therefore, the number is 21.