Question

Anna plants peas in 3/8 of her garden and herbs in 1/8 of it. She divides the rest of the garden into 6 sections. What fraction of the original garden is each section

Answer 1

Hello!

The answer is: $\frac{1}{12}$

Why?

From the statement we know that he planted peas in 3/8 of her garden and herbs in 1/8 of it, it means 1/2 of the garden, and after that, she divided the rest of the garden into 6 sections. We are asked to find the fraction of the original garden is each section, so:

Calculations:

For Planted garden

$\frac{3}{8}+\frac{1}{8}=\frac{4}{8}=\frac{1}{2}$

So, she planted 1/2 of the garden, it means that there is another 1/2 free to be divided into 6 sections,

Then,

$\frac{\frac{1}{2} }{6}=\frac{1}{12}$

Therefore,

Each section would be $\frac{1}{12}$ of the original garden.

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