Question

Gail harvests the wool from 4 sheep. It takes her 3/5 of an hour to shear 1 sheep. How long does it take her to shear the sheep ?

Answer 1

3/5 of an hour x 4 sheep= 2 2/5 hours to shear all four sheep

Answer 2

First let's find out how much it takes to shear one sheep.
Do a proportion
3/5 = x/60 (1 hour= 60 mins)
Cross multiply and divide
60 x 3= 180
180 divided by 5 is 36
So it takes her 36 minutes for one sheep
36 x 4= 144
144 divided by 60
Answer would be 2 hours and 24 minutes