Question

Devon buys a plot of land with an area of 5/6 square kilometers. He divides the land equally into 4 smaller plots.What is the total area of 3 of the smaller plots of land? Please work it out for me!

Answer 1

Answer:

Total area of the 3 plots will be $\frac{3}{8}$ square kilometers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Devon buys a plot of the land with an area = $\frac{5}{6}$ square kilometers

He divides this land equally into 4 smaller plots.

Therefore, Area of each plot = $\frac{\frac{5}{6} }{4}$

= $\frac{5}{24}$ square kilometers

Now the area of 3 plots = 3 × area of one plot

= $3\times \frac{5}{24}$

= $\frac{5}{8}$

Therefore, total area of the smaller 3 plots will be $\frac{3}{8}$ square kilometers.

Answer 2

5/6 divide by 4 equals 5/24. So each plot would be 5/24 km squared. Multiply that by 3 and it would be 15/24. So the answer would be 15/24 km squared if im correct.