Question

As Sally was shopping for a turkey tree for Thanksgiving, she looked at 48 trees. Of those, she found that 7/8 of them were too small. How many of the trees were too small?

Answer 1

42 trees

Explanation:

48/1 x 7/8 = 6/1 x 7/1 (Simplify 48 and 8 because they have the common factor of 8)=42/1= 42

Answer 2

Forty-two (42) of the trees were too small.

Explanation:

Find 7/8 of 48.

`(7)/(8)` = 0.875

Multiply the quotient (0.875) by 48 to find
`(7)/(8)` of 48.

0.875 × 48 = 42