Question

Natasha's uncle has a rectangular field that has an area of 5/8 square miles. The width of the field is 1/4 mile. How long is the field? Show your work.

Answer 1

5/2 or 2 1/2

Explanation:

You divide the area by the width to get the length

5/8 / 1/4 and do keep change flip to get:

5/8 * 4/1 = 20/8 which you then simplify and get 5/2