Question

woek out 5/7 of 100 give your answer correct to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

Answer:

71

Step-by-step explanation:

5/7 of 100 is 500/7

When you turn it into a decimal, it is 71.428571....

To the nearest whole number is 71.

Rounding is simple, 71.4 is closer to 71 and not 72 so that is why the rounded answer is 71.

Answer 2

Answer:

71

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's begin by putting 100 as a fraction.

100 is equivalent to 100/1, so we can write our equation so it looks like this:

5/7 * 100/1

Multiplying:

500/7

Simplifying as a decimal:

71.42...

To nearest whole number:

71.

Using this information, we can see that the answer is 71.