Karen raked 3/5 of the yard. Minni raked 1/3 of the amount Karen raked. How much of the yard did Minni rake?

1 Answer
Nov 9, 2015

Minni raked 1/5 of the yard.

Explanation:

One way to answer this problem is to solve it using decimals. 3/5 turns in 0.60. It's easy to know what a third of 0.60 is, since it would be 0.20. We can then convert 0.20 into 2/10 or 1/5.