Another 6th Grade Math Question?

Question

Ok, I'm still helping my daughter with her math and I'm stumped on this question....

The Salad Forks were the best team in the soccer league. They won 4/5 of their 25 games. How many games did they win? Write this number as a decimal and a percent.

If you can figure it out, can you explain to me how to do it so I can help explain to my daughter? Thanks!!

Ok, I love when after I see the answer I have one of those "duh" moments!! LOL
Thanks for your answers!!

Answer 1

A Basic Division problem

4/5 = .8

they won 0.8 of their games

to convert to a percent, move the decimal 2 places to the right

.8 is the same as .80

.80 => 80%

they won 80% of their games


.8 and 80% are the answers to what decimal/percentage

to find how many they won, do either of the above answers (.8 or 80%) and multiply by how many total games there were(25)

.8 * 25 = 20
they won 20 games

answers:
they won 0.8 of their games
they won 80% of their games
they won 20 games



a quick way to find out how many they won is multiply the fraction (4/5) by the total(25)
(4/5)*25 = 20 games

Answer 2

"winning 4/5 'of' their 25 games"

When you see 'of' just multiply them.
So the maths goes like this:
4/5 * 25
25 is divided by 5, leaving you with 5. Then multiply 4 and 5 to get 20.
So the Salad Forks won 20 games. I don't see why the number should be in decimals but anyway it would be 20.0 i guess.

To change it into a percentage, you multiply 4/5 with 100:
4/5 * 100%
100 is divided by 5 to get 20. Then multiply 4 with 20 to get 80.
Thus the percentage of games won is 80%.

Answer 3

25 / 5 = 5

5 * 4 = 20 So they won 20 games.

100 - 20 = 80 They won 80% or .8 of their games.

Answer 4

If they won 4/5 of their games, you would multiply the fraction (4/5) by the whole (25). This, would give you 20 games.

As a decimal, you would convert 4/5 to a decimal, by dividing 4 by 5, to get .8 . To get a percent, multiply the decimal result by 100, ( .8 x 100) to get 80%.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

They won 20/25 or 80%

Hope I helped

You have to multiply both the 4 and 5 in 4/5 to find out. THen 4/5 = .80 or 80%

Answer 6

uhh well i solve it like this
4 X
/5 /25

they cross multiple so like
4x25=100 right
and so you do this
Xx5 =100

X x 5=100 now divide 100 by 5
/5 /5
so X = 20

so the fration is 4/5
and the decimal would be
4 divded by 5
which is 0.8 or 0.80 same thing

then you find the percent
...the decimal is .80 right?
right okay they you move it
2 places to the right

for example
0.60 would be 60....60%
0.43 would be 43....43%
okay?

and in your case
0.80 would be
80...........80%


so the salad forks would
have won 20/25 games

aka 0.80

and 80%

Answer 7

To find 4/5 of 25, multiply them together.

To change 4/5 to a decimal, divide the top by the bottom.

To change it to a percent, multiply the top by 100 and then divide by the bottom.

4/5 X 25/1 = 20

4/5 = 0.8

4/5 = 80%

Answer 8

20 divided by 5 is 4. that is 1/4 of the games. multiply by 4 and they won 16 games.as a decimal is .8 percent is 100/5 which is 20, which is 1/5 of the gmes. multiply by 4 so they won 80% of their games. hope that helps!!

Answer 9

won 20 games.


.8


80%


4/5 times 25 is 20

i dont really know how to explain... i kinda just did the decimal in my head same with the percentage... 4/5 is .8 which is 80%

Answer 10

Easy.

4/5 * 25 games = 20 games

4/5 = .8 (decimal)
4/5 = 80%

This is simple, simple mathematics.
You should be able to explain it to your daughter.