Question

A farmer divides his property between his four sons. He gave half of his property to his elder son, 1/4 of his property to the second son,1/8 of his propert to his third son and remaining of the property was given to the youngest son


A)-what fraction of his property was given to his youngest son?
B)-if the farmer has 32 acres of land as his whole property , how many acres of land did the youngest son get?

Answer 1

1)Given ,
portion of property given by farmer to the
eldest son = 1/2
2nd son = 1/4
3rd son = 1/8
youngest son = 1 - (1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 ) = 1- 7/8 = 1/8

2) A/Q  32 acres is his property

So eldest son gets =  1/2 x 32 = 16 acres land
     2nd son gets = 1/4 x 32 = 8 acres land
     3rd son gets = 1/8 x 32 = 4 acres land
  youngest son = 1/8 x 32 = 4 acres land


Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Thanks for answer

It helps alot