Question

1 1 A company has budgeted 5 1/3hours to complete a project, with 1/4 of the time spent on research. How much time does the company plan to spend on research? Express your answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

In order to determine the time for research, calculate one quarter of the time spend in the project of the company.

Express the time for the project as a normal fraction, as follow:

5 1/3 = 5/1 + 1/3 = (15 + 1)/3 = 16/3

Next, multiply 1/4 (one quarter) by the previous fraction 16/3:

(1/4)·(16/3) = 16/12

simplify the previous fraction:

16/12 = 4/3

as a mixed number the previous result is:

4/3 = 1 1/3