Question

An electrician needs 3/8 of a roll of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 2 1/4 rolls of wire? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

Answer: 6 rooms

Explanation:

3/8 rolls of wire are needed to wire a room in a house. If there are a total of 2¹/₄ rolls of wires, the number of rooms that could be wired is:

First convert to an improper fraction:

2¹/₄ = 9/4 rolls of wire

Total number of rooms that can be wired are:

= Total amount of wire available / Wires per room

= 9/4 ÷ 3/8

= 9/4 * 8/3

= 72 / 12

= 6 rooms