Question

Latoya needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for German class. She has memorized has memorized 20 of the words, which is four-fifths of the list. How many words are on the list

Answer 1

Hi, and welcome to OpenStudy!
I'll try and help you with your question. First of all, maybe you can answer this:
If four-fifths of the list is 20 words, how much would one-fifth of the list be?

Answer 2

4

Answer 3

That's almost right! Here's a clue: to get from 4/5ths to 1/5th, you need to divide by 4.

Answer 4

Is that right?