Question

Karen will divide her garden into equal parts. She will plant corn in 8/20 of the garden what is the fewest number of parts she can divide her garden into

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

We know that Karen divided her garden into equal parts of which she intend to plant corn in ⁸/20 of it.

This implies that she divide the garden was divided into 20 parts.

To determine the fewer number of parts she can divide her garden into, simply ⁸/20.

Thus:

8/20 = (2*4)/(5*4)

= ²/5 (4 cancels out 4)

Therefore, this implies that the least number of parts she can divide her garden into is 5.