Question

Simone has 5 employees in her flower shop. Each employee works 6 4/15 hours a ee day how many hours in total do the 5 employees work per day?

Answer 1

Explanation:

To calculate the total number of hours that the 5 employees work per day, we can multiply the number of employees by the number of hours each employee works.

Each employee works 6 4/15 hours a day. To convert this mixed fraction into an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (6) by the denominator (15) and add the numerator (4) to get the new numerator (94). Therefore, the fraction becomes 94/15.

Now, to find the total number of hours, we multiply the fraction (94/15) by the number of employees (5):

94/15 * 5 = (94 * 5) / 15 = 470/15

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 5

470/15 = (470 ÷ 5) / (15 ÷ 5) = 94/3

Therefore, the 5 employees work a total of 94/3 hours per day, or approximately 31 and 1/3 hours per day.