the problem is: south high neat north high in bball, scoring 4/5 of the total points. rachael scored 1/4 of south highs points.
what fraction of the total points did rachael score!!??
im in 6th grade and I am still trying to understand this would it be 2/5 ??
2007-02-13 02:55:27 · 5 answers · asked by happy 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Ok, this is how I see the problem. South's points are 4/5th of the total. So let's say they had 40 points out of 50. Rachel had 1/4 of the 40 points. That's 10 points. So Rachel had 10/50 total points or 1/5.
A lot of teachers offer after school help if you are having trouble, maybe he/she would be a good resource.
2007-02-13 03:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Rabbit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If south high scored 4 out of 5 possible points, then they scored 4 points.
If Rachael scored 1/4 of the total points (total points scored were 4), What is 1/4 of 4?
does that help?
2007-02-13 11:05:21 · answer #2 · answered by teacherintheroom 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rachael scored 1/4 of 4/5. In math, 'of' means to multiply. When you multiply that out, you find that Rachael scored 1/5 of the pts.
2007-02-13 11:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Cris O 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
x = total points
y = south high's points
south high scored 4/5x = y
Rachel scored 1/4 • 4/5x of her team's score.
Rachel scored x/4 for all points.
Be careful when reading Teacherintheroom's answer - he only calculated South High's score, not the total score.
Just plug in some numbers for the scores and work it out. That's how I checked.
2007-02-13 11:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by lou53053 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/20. north scored 4/5 of the total and rachel scored 1/4 of the remainder. 1/4 of 1/5 is 1/20 of the total.
2007-02-13 11:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by neonjack 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋