Question

Miki has been hired to repaint the face of the town clock. The clock face is really big! So, Miki divides the clock face into 12 equal sections to break up the work. Miki paints 1 section on Monday and 4 sections on Tuesday.

What fraction of the clock face does Miki paint on Tuesday?​

Answer 1

4/12 or 1/3

Explanation:

If you have 12 equal sections of a clock face, and 1/12 or 1 section is done Monday, then 4/12 or 1/3 is done on Tuesday if you exclude Monday's section. It's 4/12 or simplified to be 1/3 because it is only asking you what Miki has painted on Tuesday not Monday and Tuesday combined. How you get 4/12 to be 1/3 is that you take both the top number, (numerator), and the bottom number, (demoninator), and you divide them by the greatest common factor for both. Which is 4, so 4 divided by 4 is 1, and 4 divided into 12 is 3, (3 x 4 = 12), and that's how you get 1/3 for a fraction.

Hope this helps! :)