Question

Sam has a strip of wood that is 3 4 foot long and 1 6 foot wide. He wants to use the wood to patch a damaged area on his desk. How much of the desk will the patch cover? Drag and drop a value to the box to correctly complete the sentence.

The patch will cover______square foot of the desk.
1. 2/9
2. 1/8
3. 1/5
4. 3/10

Answer 1

See picture for the answer.

Answer 2

1 / 8

Explanation:

I'm assuming that is meant to be 3/4 and 1/6...

Area = Length * Width

A = 3/4 * 1/6

A = 3 / 24

simplify the fraction to get your answer