Question

A garden is 4 yards 24 inches wide and 8 yards long. Write the ratio of the width to the length as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

On the width:

3 yards = 9 feet

12 inches = another 1 foot

Total width = 10 feet

-- On the length:

8 yards = 24 feet

Ratio of width to length = (10 feet) / (24 feet)