Question

at the beginning of the week a particular stock sold for 29 3/8 per share. at the end of the same week it sold for 31 2/8. what was the amount of inctrease per share?
PsyDAG
1 7/8 divided by 29 3/8 = 15/8 divided by 235/8 = 6.38%

Ms. Sue
You must be working with a text that's at least 14 years out of date. The stock market changed from fractions to decimals in 1997.