Question

Nick mowed about 5/8 of the school lawn yesterday. He mowed another 1/4 of the lawn this morning. How much is left to mow? *Write your answer as a decimal.

Answer 1

1/8 of the lawn is left to mow. As a decimal this would be 0.125.

Explanation:

Convert 1/4 to eighths, by multiplying the whole fraction by 2. The fraction would thus be 2/8. Add 5/8 and 2/8 and you know that he has mowed 7/8 of the yard, which means he now has 1/8 left to mow.