Question

Help

Answer 1

@kropot72

Answer 2

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 3

What do you think?

Answer 4

think of it as "percentage"

Answer 5

it's 9/28, but i'm not sure what 9/28 is

Answer 6

hmm

Answer 7

it might help to think of it in terms of whole numbers

"he has a goal of walking 10 miles, and he walks 2 miles to the store"

Answer 8

do you guys even know the answer?

Answer 9

where did you get the 10 miles and the 2 miles from?

Answer 10

we do, but we want you to learn.

10 and 2 miles are just example

Answer 11

yeah it's just a random example (with simpler numbers)

"he has a goal of walking 10 miles, and he walks 2 miles to the store"

what does \(\Large 2 \div 10\) represent?

Answer 12

oh! I think I get it now, he walks 20% of the walk every time he goes to the store.

Answer 13

I think

Answer 14

correct

Answer 15

so that idea is applied to your problem

Answer 16

it means that he completed 20% of the goal.

Answer 17

So if he goes to the store 5x that would make up 10 miles.

Answer 18

correct

Answer 19

omg! I've been stuck on this freaking question for ages! I finally get it now :D

Answer 20

I think

Answer 21

I'm glad it's clicking now

Answer 22

to make sure you understand, what answer do you think?

Answer 23

It's A! I think!

Answer 24

right!

Answer 25

OMGOMGOMGOGM <3<3 <3 THANK YOU SOOO MUCH <33

Answer 26

finally figured out how to do this! Now I can finally move on to something else!

Answer 27

math skill: +10

Answer 28

I wish I could give all who helped me medals, unfortunately I can give only one person. Who wants it?

Answer 29

only you can choose :)

Answer 30

jim is already at 99 smartscore

Answer 31

lol ok

Answer 32

Wait, I have one more question now when I divided both of the fractions

Answer 33

dividing fractions is the same thing as multiplying by the reciprocal of the second fraction

Answer 34

yep

Answer 35

um

Answer 36

hmm

Answer 37

what happens exactly when I did the fraction problem?

Answer 38

well, you basically simplified the fraction, to make it more readable. doesn't really change anything