Question

The middle school choir concert was 1 1/4 hours long. Each song was 1/8 of an hour. How many songs did the audience hear during the choir concert?

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

let s = total songs sung at the concert

If it took 1/8 to sing one song, it would take 1/8 x s hours to sing s songs

`(1)/(8)s` =
`1(1)/(4)`

1/8 s = 5/4

Divide both sides of the equation by 8

s = 5/4 x 8

s = 10