Question

Amelia bought 9/12 pound of sliced salami at the deli counter. Which of the following decimals did the scale show,

A. 0.25 pounds
B.0.34 pounds
C.0.7 pounds
D.0.75 pounds,
please say How and explain

Answer 1

.75 pounds
Because you take 9/12's and reduce to 3/4's and make that a decimal.75

Answer 2

D.0.75 pounds
because when u divide 9 by 12 0.75 is the answer
u basically have to find 9/12 as a decimal
but they put it in a different form of words to trick you