Question

U spend 5/12 of a day at an amusement park you spend 2/5 of the time riding water slides how many hours do you spend riding water slides? DRAW A MODEL TO SHOW WHY YOUR ANSWER MAKES SENSE.

Answer 1

In a day, there are 24 hours. So individual spend 5/12 of a day in amusement park means that 5/12 of 24 hours in amusement park.

Determine the number of hours individual spent in amusement park.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{12}\cdot24=5\cdot2 \\ =10 \end{gathered}$

Individual spend 2/5 of the time is riding water.

Determine 2/5 of 10 hours to determine the time spend by individual for riding water.

$\begin{gathered} \frac{2}{5}\cdot10=2\cdot2 \\ =4 \end{gathered}$

So individual spend 4 hours on riding water slides.