Question

lenox ironed 1/4 of the shirts over the weekend. she plans to split the remainder of the work eqaully over the next 5 evenings? a. what fraction of the shirts will lenox iron each day after school b.if lenox has 40 shirts, how many shirts will he need to iron on thursday and friday

Answer 1

Remaining shirts to be ironed = 1 - 1/4 = 3/4

Fraction of shirts Lenox will iron each day = (3/4)/5 = 3/20

No of shirts to be ironed on thursday and friday = 2(3/20 x 40) = 3 x 6 = 18.