Question

Vince has ½ ton of gravel to spread equally in 8 square yards for his driveway. How many tons of gravel will be spread in each square yard?

Answer 1

Given:

Vince has 1/2 ton of gravel.

It is to be spread equally in 8 square yards.

To find:

How many tons of gravel will be spread in each square yard?

Solution:

Total gravel = 1/2 ton

To be spread equally in 8 square yards.

No. of tons of gravel will be spread in each square yard = (1/2) / 8 = 1/16 tons.

Therefore, 1/16 tons of gravel will be spread in each square yard.

Questions for practice:

Question 1: Harsha ate 1/3 of a cake, Priyanka ate 3/8 of the same cake. What fraction of the cake was eaten?

Question 2: Navika spends 3⁴/₅ hours, and Reetika spends 2¹/₁₀ hours at the workplace. How many more hours did Navika spend than Reetika at the workplace?