The 15 acres across the street from teds house are being developed as building lots. Each lot is to be 5/8 acre. How many building lots will there be?

Answer 1

15 divided by 5/8 = 15/(5/8) = 15(8/5) = 24 lots

24 x 5/8 = (24x5)/8 = 120/8 = 15