Question

Mr. Dean often told funny stories about his pet cat, Snowball, to his class at school. After

showing the class a picture of Snowball one day, he asked the students to guess the cat's
age. Then, he told them Snowball was 16 years old! Reggie had guessed an age 37.5% less
than that. What age did Reggie guess for Snowball?
years

Answer 1

Explanation:

To find out the age Reggie guessed for Snowball, we need to calculate 37.5% of Snowball's age.

First, let's find 37.5% of 16 years. To do this, we multiply 16 by 37.5% (which can be written as 0.375):

16 * 0.375 = 6

So Reggie guessed that Snowball was 6 years old.

Therefore, Reggie guessed that Snowball was 6 years old.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Reggie guessed an age that is 37.5% less than Snowball's age of 16 years. To find out what age Reggie guessed for Snowball, we need to calculate 37.5% of 16.

To do this, we can multiply 16 by 0.375.

16 * 0.375 = 6

Therefore, Reggie guessed that Snowball's age is 6 years.