Question

A construction company is setting up signs on 2 miles of road. if the company places a sign every 1/4 mile, how many signs would it use. Explain

Answer 1

Every 1/4 mile it places a sign.

So we need to find out how many 1/4 mile there is in the total 2 miles.

To know that:  We carry out 2 divide 1/4

2 / (1/4)

2 * 4/1

= 8

So there are eight (8),      1/4 miles on the 2 miles of road.

8

Hope this explains it.

Answer 2

They would use 8  signs because one mile in this case is broken up into quarters so in a mile it would have 1/4 1/2 3/4 and 1 mile times that by two because they are placing signs for 2 miles so 4+4= 8