John Bold is a farmer who has 3/4 of acre of land to plant crops. He wants to divide the land into 4 equal parts to grow different types of crops. However, the land is not perfectly rectangular, so he needs to use mixed numbers to measure the areas of each part. Can you help John Bold divide the land into 4 equal parts using mixed numbers?
To divide the land into 4 equal parts, John Bold needs to divide 3/4 acre by 4.
When dividing fractions, we multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction, and the denominator of the first fraction by the numerator of the second fraction.
So, to divide 3/4 by 4, we have:
(3/4) ÷ 4 = (3/4) × (1/4)
Multiplying the numerators gives, 3 × 1 = 3, and multiplying the denominators gives, 4 × 4 = 16.
Therefore, each part of land should measure 3/16 of an acre. So, John Bold should divide the land into 4 parts, where each part is 3/16 acre.