Yesterday, Eddie's Snack Shack went through 1/2 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 1/10 as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

1 answer

Eddie's Snack Shack used \( \frac{1}{2} \) of a bottle of ketchup. They used \( \frac{1}{10} \) as much mustard as ketchup.

To find out how much mustard they used, we can calculate:

\[ \text{Mustard used} = \frac{1}{10} \times \text{Ketchup used} = \frac{1}{10} \times \frac{1}{2} \]

Now we multiply the fractions:

\[ \text{Mustard used} = \frac{1 \times 1}{10 \times 2} = \frac{1}{20} \]

Thus, Eddie's Snack Shack went through \( \frac{1}{20} \) of a bottle of mustard.

The final answer is:

\[ \frac{1}{20} \]