Question

Can someone help me :S

Answer 1

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Answer 2

@phi

Answer 3

@mathmale

Answer 4

they want you to figure out 60% of 1 ¼

can you do that ?

Answer 5

How i do that ?

Answer 6

do you know how to figure out 60% of 1 ?

Answer 7

Well 60% of 1 is 0.6 but idk how to get that

Answer 8

yes. What you did is

change 60% to 60/100 (or 0.6 ) both mean the same thing
then you multiplied
60/100 * 1 = 60/100 = 0.6

or 0.6*1 = 0.6

Answer 9

Now what ?

Answer 10

you use the same idea with 1 ¼

you multiply 0.6 * 1 ¼
I would change the ¼ to 0.25 so 1 ¼ = 1.25

or I would change 1 ¼ to an improper fraction 5/4

then multiply 0.6 * 5/4 or 0.6 * 1.25

Answer 11

if you do 0.6 * 5/4 I would change the 0.6 to 6/10 = 3/5 and do
3/5 * 5/4

Answer 12

Is there a easier way ?

Answer 13

If you practice it gets easy. Like learning to read (do you remember how hard it was)

Answer 14

And than u get 0.75

Answer 15

yes, 0.75 is correct, but your answers are in fractions
so you have to change 0.75 to a fraction

can you do that ?

Answer 16

Nope :P

Answer 17

0.75 means 75/100
now simplify (I would divide top and bottom by 25, or by 5, and then 5 again)

Answer 18

If you did the problem using fractions, by doing
60/100 * 5/4
ans simplify 60/100 to 6/10 and then 3/5
you would have
\[ \frac{3}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{4} \]
and you can "cancel the 5's"