Question

Medal And Fan

The number of pages that Zak, Karen, Malia, and Ali can read in a day is shown below:

Zak read 15% of his 56-page book.
Karen read 12% of her 64-page book.
Malia read 14% of her 68-page book.
Ali read 10% of her 72-page book.

Who can read the greatest number of pages in a day?
Zak
Karen
Malia
Ali

Answer 1

@jcoury

Answer 2

@Michele_Laino

Answer 3

hint:
Zak reads 56*(15/100)=.. pages of his book
Karen reads 64*(12/100)=...pages of her book
Malia reads 68*(14/100)=...pages of her book
Ali reads 72*(10/100)=...pages of his book

Answer 4

So I do
56*15/100
64*12/100
68*14/100
72*10/100?

Answer 5

yes! furthermore you have to round off each result to the nearest unit

Answer 6

So mailia is the answer right?

Answer 7

@Michele_Laino

Answer 8

@Michele_Laino

Answer 9

reassuming we have:
Zak reads 56*(15/100)=8 pages
Karen reads 64*(12/100)=8 pages
Malia reads 68*(14/100)=10 pages
Ali reads 72*(10/100)=7 pages
so the answer is Malia
correct!

Answer 10

YAYY!!

Answer 11

:)