Josh emailed 40 of his classmates yesterday. If ⅛ of them replied, how many replied?

5 replied

Step-by-step explanation:

If 1/4 (also 10/40, just simplified) is 10 people then 1/8 will be half of 1/4. 10 divided by 2 its 5, therefore, 5 people replied. Please correct me if I'm wrong:)

answer: city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

total annual rainfall a city record = 40 inches

this year, total rainfall recorded = 37.6 inches

number of inches of rainfall   is needed to match the record of 40 inches is given by

hence, city needs 2.4 inches of rainfall more to match the record of 40 inches.

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.