Question

You are painting the outside of a 36-foot fence that goes around a square playground. There are 4 equal sections. You have painted 1/4 of one section. What fraction of the job have you completed?

Answer 1

36/4 x 1/4 = 36/16 or 2 4/16 or 2 1/4

Answer 2

You have completed
`(1)/(16)` of the job.

Explanation:

You are painting the outside of a 36 foot fence.

There are 4 equal sections of the fence = 36 ÷ 4 = 9 feet one section.

You have painted
`(1)/(4)` of one section.

9 ×
`(1)/(4)` =
`(9)/(4)` feet.

you have painted
`(9)/(4)` feet of one section.

Now the fraction of total job done =
`(9)/(4* 36)` =
`(1)/(16)`

You have completed
`(1)/(16)` of the job.