Question

Manny ran 562.5 meters and his brother ran 75 fewer meters.

How many centimeters did Manny’s brother run?

Answer 1

@Tgannon998

Answer 2

Unfortunately, 48750 is quite far from being correct.

What does "fewer meters" mean in this problem statement?

Answer 3

to go down

Answer 4

What does "5 less than 21" mean?

Answer 5

subtract

Answer 6

Do NOT give out answers! It's your job to help the student find his or her own answer. It's the process that is important, not the answer itself.

Answer 7

i'm a she

Answer 8

How many meters did Manny run?
How many meters did his brother run?

Answer 9

562.6 meters

Answer 10

75 fewer meter

Answer 11

i need to subtract

Answer 12

Yes, and how many meters was that? Which mathematical operation will give you the answer to that question?

Answer 13

-

Answer 14

subtraction

Answer 15

How many meters did Manny's brother run?

Answer 16

562.5

Answer 17

That question was meant for pink33. Please let her think thins through.

Answer 18

487.5 if i use subtraction

Answer 19

All right. Manny ran 562.5 meters, his bro 75 meters fewer. We subtract. We find that M's bro ran 487.5 meters.

Now, pink33: How do you convert meters to centimeters?

Answer 20

You need to use an appropriate conversion factor.

Answer 21

That question was meant for pink33. Please remain in the background.

Answer 22

100 cm

Answer 23

I need a complete equation. 100 cm = ?

Answer 24

1 m

Answer 25

Right. Good. So, make a conversion factor from that: 1 m = 100 cm.

Answer 26

100000

Answer 27

Remember, we are converting 487.5 meters to cm.

Answer 28

1 meter = 100 cm.

How would you use this fact to convert 487.5 meters to cm?

Answer 29

pink33?

Answer 30

48750.00cm

Answer 31

And you are correct

Answer 32

ok

Answer 33

Except that you don't need and should not be writing .00, yes, that's great.

Any questions about this procedure?

Conversion of 487.5 m to cm requires the use of the converstion factor \[\frac{ 100 cm }{ 1 meter }\]

Answer 34

487,5000

Answer 35

tht how i would write it?

Answer 36

she just being more accurate

Answer 37

whom r u talking to?

Answer 38

@pink33

Answer 39

oh

Answer 40

you can add as many zeros you want after the decimal point

Answer 41

would i write it like this? 487,5000

Answer 42

Look: You correctly found that manny's brother ran 487.5 m.

Multiply that by (100 cm) / (1 m). The correct answer is NOT 487500.

Show your work, please.

Answer 43

487,5000

Answer 44

Not correct. What bothers me is that you had it correct earlier.

Please show your actual work: 487.5 meters time \[\frac{ 100 cm }{ 1 meter }\]

Answer 45

If you type 487500 cm, you have multiplied by 10000. Not correct. Why are you doing that?

Answer 46

I DON"T KNOW MAYBE YOU SHOULD HELP ME!

Answer 47

4875000000

Answer 48

THANKS!! I FAILED!!

Answer 49

@mathmale

Answer 50

@mathmale 48750 is correct..

Answer 51

It's asking for centimeters, not meters.

Answer 52

well it does not matter now i failed!!! thxs so much

Answer 53

Remember, we are converting 487.5 meters to cm.

I explained multiple times that you needed to multiply 487.5 meters by the conversion factor \[\frac{ 100~cm }{ 1~meter }\]

Answer 54

I DON'T NEED HELP NOW, I FAILED ALREADY!!

Answer 55

... which results in 48750 cm. Where did you come up with 4875000000?

I am responsible for giving you accurate help / advice. I am not responsible if you don't follow my advice.

Answer 56

thxs 4 trying tohelp good-bye

Answer 57

If you failed, I think that means YOU HAVEN"T LEARNED IT.

Answer 58

Why beat a dead horse?

But if you really want to know how to find the correct answer, multiply 487.5 meters by\[\frac{ 100~cm }{ 1~meter }\]

Answer 59

HAVEN'T*

Answer 60

I DID LEARN THIS THANKS SO MUCH

Answer 61

I'LL ASK SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP ME