Question

One slice of cheese pizza contains 310 calories. A medium-size orange has one-fifth that number of calories. How many calories are in a medium-size orange?

Answer 1

62 calories

Explanation:

The medium sized orange would have 62 calories. To divide by 1/5, which in decimal form is 0.2, you just multiply 310 by 0.2, therefore, giving you 62

Answer 2

62 calories

Explanation:

the equation you would use to solve this is (1/5)310=x, then you multiply 1/5 by 310 and you get 62, so you would end up with 62=x