Question

Alex had 250 bracelets to sell. He only sold 2/5 of his stock this week. How much did he sell

Answer 1

knock off the 0s and make it into multiplication, 5 x 5 = 25... meaning he sold 100 bracelets, 3/5 would be 150 4/5 200 and so on

Answer 2

100 were sold

Explanation:

Multiply the fraction sold by the total amount

2/5 * 250

2 * 250/5

2 * 50

100