Question

If a sprinkler waters 1 over 20 of a lawn in 1 over 5 of an hour, how much time will it take to water the entire lawn?

3 over 20 hour

1 over 4 hour

4 hours

5 hours

Answer 1

im between the 1 over 4 and 4 hours

Answer 2

Assume that it takes a hours to water 1/20 of a lawn, how many hours (in terms of a) would you need to water a whole lawn?

Answer 3

In other words, how many "a"s will it take to water the whole lawn?

Answer 4

((Wait, one over 20 is 1/20, right?))

Answer 5

yea

Answer 6

sorry @HexiFlexiDexi but idk

Answer 7

Okay. Let's use smaller numbers to make this easier to understand.
If a pizza is cut into four slices, and you have one of the slices (1/4 of the pizza), how many slices would you need to make up a pizza?

Answer 8

@jenessa_2413

Answer 9

3/4?

Answer 10

because it was 4/4 and i took a piece of the pizza so i have 3/4 >??????????

Answer 11

@HexiFlexiDexi

Answer 12

@jenessa_2413 Yep!
How many slices of 1/20 pizzas would make up 1 whole pizza?

Answer 13

In other words, how many "a"s would make up the whole lawn?

Answer 14

om....20/20 sorry idk

Answer 15

i know the answer is either 1 over 4 or 4 hours

Answer 16

i think its 1 over 4

Answer 17

It takes 20 of 1/5 hours to water the entire lawn.
So it's 20 x 1/5 = ?

Answer 18

4

Answer 19

@jenessa_2413

Answer 20

ooh its 4

Answer 21

so its 4 hours

Answer 22

yes coz in 1 hr its 5 in 2 hrs it will be 10 similarly in 3 it will be 15 and in 4 its gonna be 20

Answer 23

ooh ok thanks guys:)

Answer 24

medal lol

Answer 25

thanks

Answer 26

ur welcome