Question

One-fourth equals the quotient of a number and 20 . Find the number

Answer 1

In order to find the number, let's translate the sentence into an equation:

$\frac{1}{4}=\frac{x}{20}$

Then, let's solve the equation for x:

$\begin{gathered} x\cdot4=1\cdot20 \\ 4x=20 \\ x=\frac{20}{4} \\ x=5 \end{gathered}$

So the number is 5.