suppose a 24 acre plot of land is being divided into 1/3 acre lots for a housing development project. what is the greatest number of lots possible in the development?

so do you solve by dividing 24 and 1/3?

Divide 24 by 1/3. What do you get?

i got 72

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72 lots is correct.

a builder has an 8-acre plot divided into 1/4-acre home sites. how many 1/4-acre home sites are there?

Yes, to find the greatest number of lots possible in the development, you can divide the total area of the land (24 acres) by the size of each lot (1/3 acre).

To divide a whole number by a fraction, you can rewrite the division problem as a multiplication problem. The reciprocal of the fraction is obtained by inverting it, which means swapping the numerator and denominator.

So, to find the greatest number of lots, you would divide 24 acres by (1/3) acre, which can be rewritten as 24 acres multiplied by (3/1) (reciprocal of 1/3).

Let's perform the calculation:

24 acres * (3/1) = 72 lots

Therefore, the greatest number of lots possible in the development would be 72 lots.