Question

John's garden is 12ft long and 15ft wide. How long is John's garden in yards?

Answer 1

Answer:

4

Step-by-step explanation:

3ft = 1yd

They only want to know how long in yards not the rest so

12ft = ?yds

So set up the problem.

12/3 = x/1

Solve

1(12) = 12

12 divided by 3 = 4  

John's garden is 4yds long

Answer 2

Answer:

4 yards long

Step-by-step explanation:

John's garden is 12 ft long and 3 ft go into a yard. With this information you then divide 12 by 3 to see how many yards would go into the 12. 12/3=4