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house11674
Aug 9, 2009, 12:46 PM
Could someone tell me how to divide this problem Joey has 0.6 as many teeth as jane. Jane has 32 teeth. How many does joey have, I came up with 53 but it doesn't seem right. Do I divide 0.06 by 32?:confused:

KISS
Aug 9, 2009, 03:59 PM
Hint 0.6 is 60%. 60% is less than 100%. Want to try the problem again?

Unknown008
Aug 10, 2009, 09:22 AM
Let me give you a similar problem.

I have 10 apples, and you have 2 times as many as me.

That means, you have (10 x 2) = 20 apples.