Question: Chad is measuring the size of different countries. He sees that Canada is 1.5 times bigger than the United States and Russia is 1/3 bigger than Canada. How many times bigger is Russia than the United States? Think carefully first, then make a decision:
Canada equals 1.5 United States. Russia equals 2 United States because 1.5 x (1 + 1 / 3) = 2. So the answer is 2.