Question
Xavier is saving up to buy a new computer. He earns money by mowing lawns for 4 hours each Saturday. It takes him about
1
2
of an hour to mow each lawn. How many lawns can he mow each Saturday?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
1
2
of an hour to mow each lawn. How many lawns can he mow each Saturday?
Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how many lawns Xavier can mow each Saturday, we can divide the total hours he works by the time it takes to mow each lawn.
Xavier works for 4 hours and it takes him \(\frac{1}{2}\) hour to mow each lawn.
The number of lawns he can mow is calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Number of lawns} = \frac{\text{Total hours worked}}{\text{Time per lawn}} = \frac{4 \text{ hours}}{\frac{1}{2} \text{ hour/lawn}}
\]
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:
\[
\text{Number of lawns} = 4 \times \frac{2}{1} = 4 \times 2 = 8
\]
Therefore, Xavier can mow **8 lawns** each Saturday.
Xavier works for 4 hours and it takes him \(\frac{1}{2}\) hour to mow each lawn.
The number of lawns he can mow is calculated as follows:
\[
\text{Number of lawns} = \frac{\text{Total hours worked}}{\text{Time per lawn}} = \frac{4 \text{ hours}}{\frac{1}{2} \text{ hour/lawn}}
\]
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:
\[
\text{Number of lawns} = 4 \times \frac{2}{1} = 4 \times 2 = 8
\]
Therefore, Xavier can mow **8 lawns** each Saturday.