Question

matthews bed takes up 1/3 of the width of his bedroom 3/5 of the length. what fraction of the area of the floor does matthews bed take up?

Answer 1

1/5 (one fifth)

Explanation:

if x is the length of the bedroom and y is the width then we can do big brain maffs

Length of floor = x

Width of floor = y

Length of bed = 3/5*x or 3x/5

Width of bed = 1/3*y or y/3

Area of floor = xy

Area of bed = 3x/5 * y/3 = xy/5

Area of bed/Area of floor = (xy/5) / xy = 1/5

Answer 2

1/5 of the area of the floor

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