If a man has 6 acres of land and deeds 3/4 of it to a son and the remainder to a nephew, how many square feet of land does the nephew acquire?

Question

 how many square feet of land does the nephew acquire?

Answer 1

Since the man is giving away all of the 6acres, then the fractions given to his son and nephew must add up to one:

 

(Fraction given to son) + (Fraction given to nephew) = 1

 

3/4 + (Fraction given to nephew) = 1

 

Fraction given to nephew = 1 - 3/4

 

Fraction given to nephew = 1/4

 

So the nephew gets 1/4 of the 6 acres:

 

(6 acres)*(1/4) = 1.5 acres

 

There are 43,560 square feet in one acre.  To convert 1.5 acres to square feet, multiply by 43,560.