Question

Jina needs to memorize words on a vocabulary list for Latin class. She has memorized 12 of the words, which is three-fourths of the list. How many words are on the list?

Answer 1

12 words is 3/4 or 75% of the list

How many words are=

Find 100- 75=25%

25%= 1/4 = 3/4÷3

Then divide 75%/3= 12/3= 4

Now add 12words + 4 words = 16 words

Then answer is, there are 16 words