Question

The distance around the outside of a workplace is 0.4 mile. Levi skipped 0.75 of the distance during his weekend. How far did he skip?

Answer 1

.3

Explanation:

0.4/10 is 0.04 this is 10 percent

.02 is 5 percent

so 0.04 times 7 is 0.28 this is 70 percent

so you then need to add 5 percent

this gets you .3

this is the way you learn in early middle school this method can be harder when it comes to more difficult numbers