Q. Mr. Kincaid's class wants to plant 1/4 (fraction) of its 12-foot-square plot with tomatoes. Of the remaining garden, 1/3 will be pears. Of the rest of the plot,1/2 will be radishes, and 1/2 will be lettuce. How many square feet of radishes will the class plant.?
tomatoes: (1/4)(12) = 3
remainder = 9
pears = (1/3)(9) = 3
remainder = 6
radishes = (1/2) of 6 = 3
leaving 3 for the lettuce
so 3 ft^2 of radishes
What is 0.34 x4
Hi, but when i did it this way i was very confused! So you do 4÷12?
And so on. Because when i did it gave me three and no remainer of nine! I am just very confused!
I reread it and i just relized my mistake! Sorry to bother you..
To find out how many square feet of radishes the class will plant, we need to follow the given fractions and calculate the area accordingly.
Step 1: Calculate the area of the whole plot.
The plot is 12 feet square, so the area can be calculated by multiplying the length and width: 12 feet x 12 feet = 144 square feet.
Step 2: Calculate the area of the portion planted with tomatoes.
They want to plant 1/4 of the plot with tomatoes, so we can find that by multiplying the area of the whole plot by 1/4: 144 square feet x 1/4 = 36 square feet.
Step 3: Calculate the area of the remaining garden after planting tomatoes.
To find the area of the remaining garden, subtract the area planted with tomatoes from the whole plot: 144 square feet - 36 square feet = 108 square feet.
Step 4: Calculate the area of the portion that will be pears.
They want to plant 1/3 of the remaining garden with pears, so we find that by multiplying the area of the remaining garden by 1/3: 108 square feet x 1/3 = 36 square feet.
Step 5: Calculate the area of the rest of the plot.
The rest of the plot is 108 square feet after planting tomatoes and pears.
Step 6: Calculate the area of the portion that will be radishes.
They want to plant 1/2 of the remaining garden with radishes, so we find that by multiplying the area of the remaining garden by 1/2: 108 square feet x 1/2 = 54 square feet.
Therefore, the class will plant 54 square feet of radishes.