Question

Ryan wants to plant 1/5 packet of seeds in each row of his garden he has four packets of C Ryan uses the expression 1/5 / 4 to find the number of rows you can plant explain what is wrong with his expression then write a equation to show the correct number of rows

Answer 1

The correct expression = 4 / 1/5

The number of rows = 20 rows

Explanation:

1/5 Packets of C = 1 row

4 packets of C = x

Cross Multiply

1/5 × x = 4 × 1

The correct expression is

x = 4/ 1/5

x = 4 ÷ 1/5

x = 4 × 5

x = 20 rows

The number of rows Ryan can plant is 20 rows.