Hi all,
Hope it is okay for me to ask help on this question which I need to understand on how to figure it out before teaching my child (age 9, yr 5 in UK):
"Three eights of a park is laid out in gardens and 2/5 is set aside for games. What fraction of the park is set aside for other purposes"
Are they saying that from the 3/8, 2/5 is used for games - as in an overlap or 3/8 is dedicated for gardens and then 2/5 for games, in the second case how can we do an "of" without knowing the total unit (say for example acres).
Any help will be highly appreciated.
thanks,
Saf
Hope it is okay for me to ask help on this question which I need to understand on how to figure it out before teaching my child (age 9, yr 5 in UK):
"Three eights of a park is laid out in gardens and 2/5 is set aside for games. What fraction of the park is set aside for other purposes"
Are they saying that from the 3/8, 2/5 is used for games - as in an overlap or 3/8 is dedicated for gardens and then 2/5 for games, in the second case how can we do an "of" without knowing the total unit (say for example acres).
Any help will be highly appreciated.
thanks,
Saf