Question

Sadrac worked 8 hours on Monday. If

he worked 40 hours during the week,
what fraction of the total time did he
work on Monday?

Answer 1

1/5

Explanation:

40 divided by 8 is 5, so he worked 1/5 of the total time on Monday.

Answer 2

`(1)/(5)`

Explanation:

`Total \:\:time \:\:worked\:\:on\:\:Monday=(Number\:\:of \:\:hours\:\:worked\:\:on\:\:Monday)/(Total\:\:time\:\:worked\:\:during\:\:the \:\:week)`

Let us find now.

`Total \:\:time \:\:worked\:\:on\:\:Monday=(8)/(40)`

Now let us write the fraction in it's simplest form.

For that you can divide both sides by 8.

`Total \:\:time \:\:worked\:\:on\:\:Monday=(1)/(5)`

Hope this helps you :-)