Question

If Picasso can paint an entire wall in 6 hours, which fraction represents the portion of the wall he can paint in 1 hour?

Answer 1

If Picasso can paint an entire wall in 6 hours, then he can paint 1/6 of the wall in one hour.

To see why, think of it this way: if it takes 6 hours to paint the whole wall, then in each hour he paints 1/6 of the wall. Therefore, the fraction representing the portion of the wall he can paint in 1 hour is 1/6.

Answer 2

Answer:portion

Explanation:

One painter paints the house in 6 hours, so his rate is 1/6 of the house per hour. The other painter takes 9 hrs, so his rate is 1/9 of the house per hour.