Question

Matthew and his 3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an area of 9 square yards. If they share the job equally, how many square yards of the flower bed will each child need to weed? Use a tape diagram to show your thinking.

Answer 1

`2(1)/(4)` square yards.

Explanation:

We have been given that Matthew and his 3 siblings are weeding a flower bed with an area of 9 square yards.

All person weeding flower bed:
`1+3=4`.

To find the area in square yards weeded by each child, we will divide total area of flower bed by 4.

`\text{Area in square yards weeded by each child}=(9)/(4)`

`\text{Area in square yards weeded by each child}=2(1)/(4)`

Therefore, each child weeded
`2(1)/(4)` square yards of flower bed.