Question

a storehouse stores 270 different inventory items. 3/5 of these items are perishable. how many of the inventory items are perishable?
a. 165 items
b. 162 items
c. 159 items
d. 54 items

Answer 1

270 divided by 5 is 54
Multiply 54 by 3 which gives 162.
Therefore 162 items would be perishable.

Answer 2

thank you

Answer 3

you're welcome :)

Answer 4

another way is to multiply 270 by the fraction 3/5