Question

Noah mows One half of his property and leaves the rest wild .he decides to use 0ne Fifth of the wide area for vegetables garden.what fraction of the property is used for the garden? Draw a picture to support your answer

Answer 1

It is given that one-half of a property is mowed, the rest is left wild, and then one-fifth of the wild area is used for a garden. It is required to calculate the fraction used for the garden.

Since one half of the property was mowed, the fraction left wild is:

$1-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{2}$

One-fifth of the wild area is used for vegetable garden. Since 'of' means multiplication, it follows that the fraction used for the garden is:

$\frac{1}{5}\; of\; \frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{5}\times\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{10}$

A pictorial representation is shown below:

The required fraction used for the garden is 1/10.