Question

One-fourth of a number is five-eights. Find the number. Simplify your answer

Answer 1

2.50 or 2.5

Explanation:

1/4=.25 so 25% of a number=5/8=0.625

So we multiply .625*4 to get the number. Since it's 25% and we want 100% to get it back to the original number

.625*4=2.50 or 2.5