Question

each day mrs hewes knits 1/3 of a scarf in the morning and 1/3 of a scarf in the afternoon. How many days will it take mrs. hewes to knit 2 scarves

Answer 1

The answer is 3 days.

In one day Mrs Hears knits 2/3 of a scarf, because

`(1)/(3) + (1)/(3) = (2)/(3)`

To find the amount of days it costs Mrs Hewes to knit 2 scarves, we divide the amount of scarves in total, by the amount of scarves produced per day.

Therefore knitting 2 scarves costs him

`2 / (2)/(3) = (2)/(1) / (2)/(3) = (2)/(1) * (3)/(2) = (6)/(2) = 3`

Hence, knitting two scarves costs Mrs Hewes 3 days.

Answer 2

3 days as she will have knitted 2/3 on the first day, 4/3 on the 2nd day and 6/3 on the 3rd day (2 scarves) Hope this helps!