Question

Millie and kim both entered a pumpkins in the county fair. Millie's pumpkin weighs 52 1/4 lbs. Kim's pumpkin is 90% as big as Millie's pumpkin. How much does Kim's pumpkin weigh? Give your answer as a decimal

I dont know if its adding, subtracting, dividing, or multiplication. Please include the answer and how you got it!!

Answer 1

Explanation:

Millies pumpkin: 52.25 lbs. (25 is one quarter of 100)

Kims is 90% as heavy.

We know in percentage, it only goes up to 100%.

Concept #1

Dividing

We can divide 100% into 10 chunks of 10%. In this instance, 52.25 lbs is 100%. So we divide 52.25 lbs into 10 chunks of 5.225 lbs.

Concept #2

Multiplying

90% is 9 times those little chunks of 10%. In this instance, 1 chunk is 5.225 lbs. So we simply multiply that by 9 because it's 90%.

Concept #3

Actually multiplying it

5.225 x 9 = 47.025 lbs

So 47.025 lbs is 90% of 52.25 lbs which is Millie's pumpkin.

Therefore your answer for "how much does kims pumpkin weigh" is

47.025 lbs

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