Question

each day mrs hewes knits 1/3 of a scarf in the morning and 1/3 of a scarf in the afternoon. How many days will it take mrs. hewes to knit 2 scarves

Answer 1

The answer is 3 days.

In one day Mrs Hears knits 2/3 of a scarf, because
$\frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{3} = \frac{2}{3}$

To find the amount of days it costs Mrs Hewes to knit 2 scarves, we divide the amount of scarves in total, by the amount of scarves produced per day.

Therefore knitting 2 scarves costs him
$2 \div \frac{2}{3} = \frac{2}{1} \div \frac{2}{3} = \frac{2}{1} \times \frac{3}{2} = \frac{6}{2} = 3$

Hence, knitting two scarves costs Mrs Hewes 3 days.

Answer 2

3 days as she will have knitted 2/3 on the first day, 4/3 on the 2nd day and 6/3 on the 3rd day (2 scarves) Hope this helps!