Question

Matthew and his 3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an area of 9 square yards. If they share the job equally, how many square yards of the flower bed will each child need to weed? Use a tape diagram to show your thinking.

Answer 1

Answer:

$2\frac{1}{4}$ square yards.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Matthew and his 3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an area of 9 square yards.    

All person weeding flower bed: $1+3=4$.

To find the area in square yards weeded by each child, we will divide total area of flower bed by 4.

$\text{Area in square yards weeded by each child}=\frac{9}{4}$

$\text{Area in square yards weeded by each child}=2\frac{1}{4}$

Therefore, each child weeded $2\frac{1}{4}$ square yards of flower bed.