Question

At a butcher shop, Hilda bought beef and pork. She left with 18 8/25 pounds of meat. Express the number of pounds she bought (8 17/20) using a decimal.

A. 9.75
B. 9.85
C. 9.95
D. 10.05

Answer 1

The correct answer is option B. 9.85. To express the number of pounds she bought (8 17/20) as a decimal, you need to add the whole number part (8) and the fractional part (17/20) together. The final answer is 9.85 pounds.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option B. 9.85. To express the number of pounds she bought (8 17/20) as a decimal, you need to add the whole number part (8) and the fractional part (17/20) together.

First, convert the fraction 17/20 to a decimal by dividing the numerator (17) by the denominator (20) which gives 0.85.

Then, add the whole number part (8) and the decimal part (0.85) to get the final answer: 8 + 0.85 = 9.85 pounds.

To convert the mixed number 8 17/20 into a decimal, we first need to convert the fraction to a decimal. The fraction 17/20 is equivalent to 0.85 when converted to a decimal. Therefore, when we add this decimal to the whole number part, which is 8, we get a total of 8.85.

Now, looking at the provided options, 9.75 (option A) is lower and 9.95 (option C) and 10.05 (option D) are higher than our calculated decimal. Hence, 9.85 is the decimal form of the mixed number 8 17/20 and it matches with option B.