Question

Shanna attends school for 1 week longer than 3/4 of the year. How many weeks in a year dies Shanna attend school ?

Answer 1

3/4 of a year consist of three months per quarter

so 3/4 of a year is 9 months

each month have 4 weeks

multiply 9x4 to get 36, which is the number of weks there is in 3/4 of a year
now add one week since Shanna attended one week longer

and now you get 37 weeks Shanna attended school

Answer 2

40 weeks

Explanation:

We must find the relationship between weeks and years. Given that 52 weeks make a year, it means that 3/4 of the year would be equivalent to

= 3/4 * 52 weeks

= 39 weeks

Since we know that Shanna attends school for 1 week longer than 3/4 of the year, it means she added school for 1 week more than 39 weeks. The number of weeks she attended school is thus

= 39 +1

= 40 weeks