A basket can hold 288 sheets of paper. Its .25 of the way filled. How many papers are there? Please help with this i'm stuck
2007-09-14 15:43:33 · 4 answers · asked by tigerclaws71 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
To the first person who answered, I divided and kept ending up with 1152...so how'd you get 42?
2007-09-14 16:03:42 · update #1
All you have to do is multiply the two numbers togethe to get the answer. Imagine if the basket was filled entirely, so you would have 1 instead of .25, and you would have 288 sheets of paper. Therefore, any time it's not filled the whole way, you have less and less sheets of paper with the lower it is filled. So it makes sense when you multiply 288 and .25.
2007-09-14 15:48:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wording of the question is a little weird, but I assume .25 means 1/4 (one quarter).
1/4 x 288 = 72
2007-09-14 15:48:30 · answer #2 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
288 sheets = 100% but the basket is only 25% full...
0.25 x 288 = 72 sheets
2007-09-14 23:52:14 · answer #3 · answered by bekkyc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
42 sheets
288 divided by .25
2007-09-14 15:46:12 · answer #4 · answered by bodybuilder_in_training 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋