Frank owns 250 acres of land. If he divides the land into 1/3 acre plots, how many plots will he have?
250 / 1/3 =
250 * 3/1 = ?
750
To find the number of 1/3 acre plots Frank will have, divide the total land area by the area of each plot.
Total land area = 250 acres
Area of each plot = 1/3 acre
Number of plots = Total land area / Area of each plot
Number of plots = 250 acres / (1/3) acre
To divide by a fraction, multiply by its reciprocal:
Number of plots = 250 acres * (3/1) acre
Number of plots = 750 acres.
Therefore, Frank will have 750 plots.
To find out how many 1/3 acre plots Frank will have, we need to divide the total number of acres he owns (250) by the size of each plot (1/3).
To divide a whole number by a fraction, we can multiply the whole number by the reciprocal of the fraction. The reciprocal of 1/3 is 3/1.
So, to find the number of plots, we multiply 250 by 3/1:
250 * (3/1) = 750/1 = 750
Therefore, Frank will have 750 plots if he divides the land into 1/3 acre plots.