Question

If Jenna buys an item for 40 percent of the regular price, will she pay more or less than half price?

Answer 1

Consider that if x is the regular price, the 40% of the regular price can be written as 0.4x.

Now consider that the half price of the regular price can be written as 0.5x.

0.4x is less than 0.5x, then, you can conclude:

Jenna will pay less than half price.