Question

a truck weighs 5,400 pounds. An open-wheel race car weighs 1/4 as much. how much does the race car weigh

Answer 1

The race car weighs 1350 pounds because 5400*one fourth is 1350

Answer 2

Since 1/4 is equal to 0.25 than you would do 5,400 times 0.25 and get the answer of 13,500.0. So the race car weighs 13,500 pounds.