SOLUTION: The Boyd family bought 2/3 of an acre of land. They turned 1/4 of it into a vegetable garden. What fraction of an acre is the size of their garden?

Question 1038: The Boyd family bought 2/3 of an acre of land. They turned 1/4 of it into a vegetable garden. What fraction of an acre is the size of their garden?
Answer by ddmskid2(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To Find the answer to this problem, you need to divide the 2/3 by 4 and then take that number as your answer.
To do this, divied 2/3 by 4/1.
To do that, take the reciprocal (Flip of the fraction) of 4/1 and then multiply it by 2/3.

2/3 * 1/4 = 2/12 = 1/6

1/6 of an acre was used for their garden.
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