Question

The Lions won 35 out of 40 games this season.

1) What fraction of games played did the Lions win? Write your answer in simplest form.

2) Write a decimal and a percent equivalent to the fraction of games the Lions won. Show your work.

Answer 1

35/40 = (7*5)/(8*5) = 7/8

So the Lions won 7/8 of the games they played.

2) To write a decimal equivalent to 7/8, we can divide 7 by 8 using long division:

0.875

___________

8 | 7.000

- 6.4

_______

60

-56

____

40

-40

____

0

So 7/8 is equivalent to the decimal 0.875.

To write a percent equivalent to 7/8, we can multiply the decimal equivalent by 100:

0.875 * 100 = 87.5%

So the Lions won 87.5% of the games they played.