Jared used 1 2/5 bags of soil for his garden. He is digging another garden that will need 1/5 as much soil as the original. how much will he use total?
So take 1 2/5 and convert it into an improper fraction. Then multiply your improper fraction by 1/5 to see how much the second garden will need. Finally add the two numbers together
To find out how much soil Jared will use in total, we need to find the amount of soil used for the second garden and add it to the amount used for the original garden.
The original garden required 1 2/5 bags of soil.
To convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (1) by the denominator (5) and add it to the numerator (2). This gives us 5/5 + 2/5 = 7/5.
Now, we need to find how much soil the second garden will need. It will require 1/5 as much soil as the original garden. So, to find the amount of soil, we multiply 7/5 by 1/5.
(7/5) * (1/5) = 7/25
Therefore, Jared will use a total of 7/25 bags of soil for the second garden.
To simplify the fraction, we divide the numerator (7) by the denominator (25).
This will give us the final answer: 7 ÷ 25 = 0.28 bags.
So, Jared will use a total of 0.28 bags of soil for both gardens.