Samantha answered 4/5 of her math quiz correctly she has answered 8 questions correct, how many questions were on the quiz? How do I figure out this equation?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-09T14:58:26

#10# questions

To simplify this question, we are basically asking this:

"#4/5# of what number of questions equals the #8# questions she completed?"

Realizing this, we can easily derive an equation from the information.

#4/5x=8#

Now all we do is solve:

#4/5x=8#

#x=8/(4/5)#

#x=(8/1) * (5/4)#

#x=40/4#

#x=10# questions