Question

Mrs.Click has a strawberry patch in her garden. It's border is 4/5 meters wide and 3/2 meters long. What is the area of Mrs.Clicks Garden?

Answer 1

Answer

Mrs. Click's Garden is 6/5 or 1 1/5 square meters.

Explanation

Mrs. Click's has a rectangular garden. To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the width by the length. To find the area of Mrs. Click's Garden, you multiply 4/5 by 3/2.

To multiply fractions, you multiply the numerator by the denominator.

4×3 is 12 and 5×2 is 10. You get the fraction 12/10, which can be simplified to 6/5, or 1 1/5.