Question

Gene stated that finding

25% of a number is the same as dividing the
number by 1/4 is Gene correct? Explain.

Answer 1

Gene is incorrect.

Explanation:

Let x represent the number.

We have been given that Gene stated that finding 25% of a number is the same as dividing the number by 1/4. We are asked to determine whether Gene is correct or not.

We know that percent means a quantity out of 100. We can represent 25% of x as:

We can further simply it as:

We can see that finding 25% of a number is equal to finding one-fourth of a number.

When we divide a number by 1/4, we will get:

Dividing a number by 1/4 will be 4 times the number, therefore, Gene is not correct.