Question

Marietta is selling cheeses for the holiday fundraiser. On Monday, she sold 7/9 of the boxes of cheeses. On Tuesday she restocked her supply and sold 0.85 of the boxes of cheeses. On which day did Marietta sell more boxes? Explain.

Answer 1

I already know that the decimal 0.85 is 85/100 as a fraction. I just need some help simplifying it.

Answer 2

Ok this one's not that difficult. Convert both 7/9 and 0.85 to percentages or fractions out of 100

Answer 3

7/9 = 0.875

Answer 4

No, I want to put 85/100 in simplest form. FYI can you just follow me because this is the way I learned it in my class.

Answer 5

Ok

Answer 6

Actually I think knowing what 7/9 means could help. Thanks.

Answer 7

Then i believe you should find the GCF of 85 and 100 then divide both by that number to get your answer.

Answer 8

No the number was originally a decimal. It was .85 so I now know she sold more on Tuesday than Monday.

Answer 9

@TheBallisticOne

Answer 10

@ganeshie8

Answer 11

Yes by doing it the first way which is the easiest. If you wish to do it with your class next time though use the second way i said :)

Answer 12

Hold on can you give me the steps you used to find out the decimal version of 7/9

Answer 13

???

Answer 14

Oh just divide 7 by 9.

Fraction to decimal: Numerator divided by Denominator
Decimal to Percent: Decimal times 100 (or move the decimal two places backwards)

Answer 15

My dad told me that you divide the denominator by the numerator.

Answer 16

@CheesecakeKitten

Answer 17

@Christian_10_

Answer 18

No sorry but he may be confused.
Numerator is the top
Denominator is the bottom

Answer 19

No he did a problem on my homwork that way and got it right.

Answer 20

@cathyangs

Answer 21

If you look at it, it is set up exactly like a division problem. 7/9 is the same thing as 7 divided by 9

Answer 22

@pooja195

Answer 23

@TheBallisticOne is already doing a nice job helping :) let them continue to help you

Answer 24

ok

Answer 25

ballistic one what is your first name so i don't have to just keep tiping ballistic one

Answer 26

Unless the answer is exactly 1 i don't see how Denominator divided by the numerator would work for this specific problem.

Answer 27

And my name is Alex :)

Answer 28

OK Thank you Alex;)

Answer 29

Denominator divided by numerator works on some specific problems where it's called a recipricol but that is not here. :)

Answer 30

You are very welcome :)

Answer 31

Can you type in three sentences the answer to this problem?

Answer 32

@rawrolivia

Answer 33

@rockstargirl17

Answer 34

@TheBallisticOne

Answer 35

Well how was this taught to you by your teacher? That will impact my answer.

Answer 36

1. The decimal of 7/9 is really .77777...

Answer 37

@TheBallisticOne alex!

Answer 38

@pyxieyt

Answer 39

@LadyGinger

Answer 40

My mistake i was thinking of the wrong numbers.

Answer 41

Yes 7/9 = 0.77777......

Answer 42

Good!

Answer 43

@TheBallisticOne

Answer 44

Thanks everyone I am closing this topic.