Please help me answer the question below.

Question

Jon has $45.00. He plans to spend 4/5 of his money on sports equipment. How much will he spend.

Answer 1

Hi Ian,

There is more than one way to approach this problem. Let's try the following:

First, 1/5 of $45 would be $9 (9 x 5 =45).

Since Jon spent 4/5 of his money and 4/5 is 4 times 1/5 , then he would have spent 4 times $9:

4 x $9 = $36

You can also solve this problem by multiplying 4/5 x 45 = 18/5 = $36