Question

Miss Clark brought a large pumpkin to school and asked her students to guess the pumpkin's weight. The actual weight of the pumpkin was 16 pounds. Lily's guess was 12.5% less than that. How much did Lily guess that the pumpkin weighed?

Answer 1

14 because 16 times 0.125 is 2 and 16-2 is 14

Answer 2

14. she guessed the pumpkin was 14 lb

Explanation:

12.5% of 16 is 2. if she guessed it was 2 less than 16, then the answer is 14, because 16 - 2 = 14 (as I'm sure we all know)