Question

A 20” Square is being copied at 25%. What are the dimensions of the New square after being copied?

Answer 1

Answer:

5"

Step-by-step explanation:

You are copying a square of side 20 inches into a smaller version of it that is exactly 25% of the original size.

Notice that 25% can be written in fraction form as: $\frac{25}{100} = \frac{1}{4}$

This gives us a clue about how to reduce the original dimension: "multiply it by $\frac{1}{4}$, which is the same as divide it by 4:

$20" * \frac{1}{4} = \frac{20"}{4} = 5"$