Question

A farmer has one square mile of land. If he divides his land into square fields that are a half mile long and a half mile wide, how many fields will he have?

Answer 1

4 because if you were to split each side in half so all sides of each new field were half a mile each new field would be half a mile by half a mile so 4 new fields if it helps more try drawing it out and splitting it till each side is half a mile.

Answer 2

Answer:

4 fields.

Step-by-step explanation:

A farmer had a land with area = 1 mile²

He divides his land into square fields with length = $\frac{1}{2}$ mile

and the width of the field = $\frac{1}{2}$ miles

Area of each square = ($\frac{1}{2}$ × $\frac{1}{2}$)

                                  = $\frac{1}{4}$ miles²

number of fields = $\frac{\text{total area of the land}}{\text{area of the square field}}$

                         = $\frac{1}{\frac{1}{4}}$

                         = 4 fields.