Question

At Sami's Shoe Warehouse, it takes fraction 4 over 5 of a day to complete fraction 1 over 10 of an order of sneakers. At this rate, how long will it take to complete the entire order of sneakers?

6 days
8 days
Mixed number 11 and 1 over 4 days
Mixed number 12 and 1 over 2 days

Answer 1

Set up the two fractions together like this

Answer 2

Sorry, my equation tool isn't working

Answer 3

Set up 4/5 = 1/10

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

The left is the amount of time it takes to do the work, the right is the amount of work done right? So you want your 1/10 to equal 10/10 or 1

Answer 6

i dont get it

Answer 7

oh ok

Answer 8

i got it

Answer 9

\[\frac{ 4 }{ 5 } = \frac{ 1 }{ 10 }\]

Answer 10

so what should i do to turn 1/10 into 10/10

Answer 11

What can you do to 1/10 to make it equal to 1?

Answer 12

Well if 1/10 means one part of ten, you would want to multiply it by ten

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

And since we have 4/5 and 1/10 as a part of the same equation, we have to do the same thing to the left as we do to the right

Answer 15

ok

Answer 16

so multiply both sides by 10?

Answer 17

So\[\frac{ 1 }{ 10 } \times \frac{ 10 }{ 1 } = \frac{ 4 }{ 5 } \times \frac{ 10 }{ 1 }\]

Answer 18

1 = 40/5

Answer 19

Yes, which should reduce to 8

Answer 20

1=8

Answer 21

And we remember the one should now equal one load of sneakers equals eight days of work

Answer 22

Thank you, i have 24 more questions can you help?

Answer 23

I can offer advice, but I won't solve them all for you. Find one of the harder ones

Answer 24

ok

Answer 25

got it

Answer 26

What is the first step needed to solve 3 over 4 the whole multiplied by x minus 3 equal negative 18?

Add 3 to both sides
Subtract 18 from both sides
Multiply both sides by 3
Divide both sides by 4

Answer 27

i think its add 3 to both sides

Answer 28

\[\frac{ 3 }{ 4 } x - 3 - 18\]

Answer 29

i mean 3 = -18

Answer 30

Then yes, it should be add 3 to both sides

Answer 31

yay ok

Answer 32

then i got Which fraction is equivalent to negative 2 over 3?

2 over negative 3
negative 3 over 2
negative 2 over negative 3
2 over 3

Answer 33

Negative signs on fractions can be pulled out. Think of it as a division problem instead of a fraction -2/3 is going to return a negative number, right?

Answer 34

Two negatives and two positives both return a positive number

Answer 35

2 over 3

Answer 36

Nope, 2 divided by three would be positive

Answer 37

If there is one negative in the equation, it will be negative, so it should be 2 over negative 3