Question

A truck weighs 5,400 pounds. An open-wheel race car weighs 1/4 as much. How much does the race car weigh?

Answer 1

5,400 x .25 = 1,350 pounds

I multiplied it with .25 because that's the decimal form of 1/4

Answer 2

Since 1/4 is equal to 0.25 than you would do 5,400 times 0.25 and get the answer of 13,500.0. So the race car weighs 13,500 pounds.