Question

Stacey worked on her garden for 4 3/4 hours. Josh worked on his garden 2/3 times as long as Stacey. Vicki worked on her garden 1 3/8 times as long as Stacey. Select True or False for each statement. Stacey worked longer on her garden than Josh worked on his garden.

Answer 1

Just do the arithmetic

Stacey worked for 4 3/4 hours or 19/4 hours
Josh worked 2/3 of that ..... (2/3)(19/4) = 19/6 hours
vicki worked 1 3/8 times Stacey ===> (11/8)(19/4) = 209/32 hours

19/4 hours = 4.75 hours
19/6 hours = 3.17 hours
209/32 .....

compare their times

Answer 2

but what is the answer?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Here is another question. Find the product to the following question: It took Mary Lou 5/6 hours to write a report for English class. It took Heather 9/10 as much time to write her report as it took Mary Lou. How did it take Heather to write her report?(This is a multi-step problem 1hr = 60mins)