Question

Paige mows 1/8 acre in -l1/6 hour. How many acres does Paige mow per hour?

Answer 1

2/3

Explanation:

I'm going to answer this assuming that Paige mows

1

6

of an acre in

1

4

of an hour.

There are 4 quarters in a whole and so we can multiply by 4 to go from quarters of an hour to a full hour. We can do the same to see how many acres Paige mows per hour:

1

6

×

4

=

4

6

=

2

3

of an acre per hour