Question

Alan mose lawn in the summer to make money he knows that on an average he can mow 1/2 of a lawn in 1/4 hours calculate his average mowing rate in lawns per hour​

Answer 1

2 Lawns Mowed per hour

Explanation:

This question requires the concept of: Conversion.

Conversion

The concept of Conversion is about converting to a certain unit value.

Example: 24 Sour Plums per 2 baskets = 12 Sour Plums per basket.

Application:

For this question, we are asked to convert the unit from 0.25 hours to 1 hour.

(Note: 1/4 hours = 0.25 hours)

0.25 hours = 0.5 Lawn Mowed

(0.25 ÷ 0.25) hours = (0.5 ÷ 0.25) Lawn Mowed

1 hour = 2 Lawns Mowed per hour.

Note: You can use fractions to solve the problem, it will give you the same result.