Question

Mrs. Taylor is knitting socks. it takes her 1/4 hour to knit one pair of socks. She has a meeting to go to in 3 1/2 hours.

How many pairs of socks can she knit before her meeting?

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

Mrs. taylor can knit 4 socks in an hour, so if she has to go to her meeting in 3 1/2 hours, she should be able to knit 14 pairs of socks. The reason for this is in 3 hours she can knit 12 socks because 4 times 3 is 12. Then, in half an hour she can knit 2 socks because she can knit one pair in 1/4 so in 1/2 it would be 2.

Answer 2

14 socks.

Explanation:

3 1/2 / 1/4

= 7/2 / 1/4

= 7/2 * 4

= 28/2

= 14 socks.