Question

A student's tuition was $1500. If a scholarship paid for 4/5 of the tuition, how much was the scholarship? $300 $1200 $150 $1875

Answer 1

The scholarship was $1200

Explanation:

To determine how much was the scholarship, we need to multiply $1500 by 4/5 or in decimal form 0.8:

`1500\cdot0.8=\text{ \$1200}`