Gardening time
This task is about percentages and fractions.
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Malachi and Tori did some gardening for Mr Langford.
a) This is how Malachi spent his time.
\(1 \over 2\)
weeding
\(1 \over 5\)
digging
\(3 \over 10\)
trimming
Malachi and Tori did some gardening for Mr Langford.
a) This is how Malachi spent his time.
\(1 \over 2\)
weeding
\(1 \over 5\)
digging
\(3 \over 10\)
trimming
What
percentage
of the time did Malachi spend ...
i) weeding?
%
ii) digging?
%
iii) trimming?
%
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b) This is how Tori spent her time.
50% mowing lawns
25% pruning
10% sweeping
15% trimming
b) This is how Tori spent her time.
50% mowing lawns
25% pruning
10% sweeping
15% trimming
Write each of the percentages of how Tori spent her time as
fractions
in their simplest form.
i) mowing
ii) pruning
iii) sweeping
iv) trimming
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