Question

Maria Earns $72 per day. If she works 5/8 of a day how much will she earn?

Answer 1

hi :)

5/8 (five eights) is just over half (4/8) so we should expect something like that.

Simply multiply across:

$\frac{72}{1} * \frac{5}{8} = \frac{72 * 5}{8}$ dollars

hope this helps :)