Question

Danika signs up to work for 3 1/2 hours at the science fair. If each work shift is 3/4 hour, how many shifts will Danika work?

Show your work.

Answer 1

namely, how many times does 3/4 go into 3½?  Let's firstly convert the mixed fraction to improper fraction.

$\bf \stackrel{mixed}{3\frac{1}{2}}\implies \cfrac{3\cdot 2+1}{2}\implies \stackrel{improper}{\cfrac{7}{2}} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \cfrac{7}{2}\div \cfrac{3}{4}\implies \cfrac{7}{~~\begin{matrix} 2 \\[-0.7em]\cline{1-1}\\[-5pt]\end{matrix}~~}\cdot \cfrac{\stackrel{2}{~~\begin{matrix} 4 \\[-0.7em]\cline{1-1}\\[-5pt]\end{matrix}~~}}{3}\implies \cfrac{14}{3}\implies 4\frac{2}{3}$

Answer 2

Answer:

Danika signed up to work for 3.5 hours at the science fair, if each work shift is 3/4 hour = 0.75 hours, the amount of shifts will be:

Shifts = 3.5/0.75 = 4,66 ≈ 5 shifts. Given that shifts have to be an integer number, we need to round the result to the nearest integrer.

Therefore, Danika will work 5 shifts.