Mr. Johns gave a test last week and Ginny missed one question. She answered that 14.5 people would ride on each bus rather than
15. Her parents would like a conference because she did the math problem correctly and should receive credit even though her answer was not reasonable. How should Mr. Johns handle this situation
Mr. Johns handle this situation to Agree to meet, listen to their concerns, and then explaining that one component of math is understanding reasonable answers.
Mr. Johns gave a test last week and Ginny missed one question. She answered that 14.5 people would ride on each bus rather than 15. Her parents would like a conference because she did the math problem correctly and should receive credit even though her answer was not reasonable.
Mr. Johns handle this situation to Agree to meet, listen to their concerns, and then explain that one component of math is understanding reasonable answers.
20% is equal to 20/100= 0.20. So, 0.20 multiplied by 129 will give you 20% of 129 which is 25.8. If Alan ran 20% more then you add 25.8 to 129 which gives you an answer of 154.8.
To find how many miles it is from the train station to the museum we first have to subtract the tip from the total fair and you get 13.50 and then you divide 13.50 by 2.70 to get the number of miles and you get 5.
