Question
Colton owns 86 acres of farmland. He grows beets on 1/2 of the land. On how many acres of land does Colton grow beets?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many acres Colton uses to grow beets, we need to calculate half of the total 86 acres of farmland.
We can set up the calculation as follows:
\[
\frac{1}{2} \times 86 = \frac{86}{2} = 43
\]
Therefore, Colton grows beets on **43 acres** of land.
We can set up the calculation as follows:
\[
\frac{1}{2} \times 86 = \frac{86}{2} = 43
\]
Therefore, Colton grows beets on **43 acres** of land.