Question

Last week, Florence spent 2 hours watching television. Oscar watched television for 1/5 as many hours as Florence did. How many hours did Oscar spend watching television?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

To find out how many hours Oscar spent watching television, we start with the number of hours Florence watched, which is 2 hours.

Oscar watched television for \( \frac{1}{5} \) of the hours Florence did. Thus, we calculate Oscar's viewing time as follows:

\[
\text{Oscar's hours} = \frac{1}{5} \times 2
\]

Now, we perform the multiplication:

\[
\frac{1}{5} \times 2 = \frac{2}{5}
\]

Therefore, Oscar spent \( \frac{2}{5} \) hours watching television.

Thus, the final answer is \( \frac{2}{5} \).