521,246 views
21 votes
21 votes
On a spelling test, Lucy got 4 out of 5 correct. If Lucy got20 questions correct, then how many quesitons did shemiss?

User Harry Timothy
by
2.5k points

1 Answer

19 votes
19 votes

if we know 1 wrong answer and 4 correct and Lucy got 20 questions correct

5(4)= 20 correct answers

5(1)=5 incorrect answers

She misses 5 questions

we can do it in this way also

1 correct

2 correct

3 correct

4 correct

5 incorrect

6 correct

7 correct

8 correct

9 correct

10 incorrect

11 correct

12 correct

13 correct

14 correct

15 incorrect

16 correct

17 correct

18 correct

19 correct

20 incorrect

21 correct

22 correct

23 correct

24 correct

25 incorrect

we can count 20 correct and 5 miss questions

5 is the answer

User Bpeikes
by
2.8k points