Question

If an item is 1/3 off, to calculate the final price simply divide the original price by 3. true or false

Answer 1

Answer:

False.

Step-by-step explanation:

If an item is $\frac{1}{3}$ off thats how much you are not paying from the original price of the item, to calculate how much are you paying after the disccount you can do 2 things.

The first one is multiplying the price by $\frac{1}{3}$ and then substracting that from the original price, that will give you the final price.

Or you can simply multiply the original price by 2/3 which is what you have to pay for the item in terms of fractions, and you´d get the final price.

Answer 2

False..

if it was asking for 1/3 of the original price, it would be true
but 1/3 off....means u are paying 2/3...so u would multiply the original price by 2, then divide by 3...or u would take the original price and subtract 1/3 * the original price