Question

Melanie was asked by her teacher to draw a figure divided into 100 equal parts and shade two-tenths of it. How many parts will she have to shade to show two-tenths?(1 point)

1 answer

To find out how many parts Melanie needs to shade to show two-tenths of the figure, we start with the fact that two-tenths can be expressed as a fraction:

\[ \frac{2}{10} \]

This fraction can be simplified:

\[ \frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5} \]

Now, since the figure is divided into 100 equal parts, we need to calculate how many of those parts represent one-fifth (or two-tenths).

To find this, we can multiply the total number of parts (100) by the fraction:

\[ 100 \times \frac{1}{5} = 20 \]

Therefore, Melanie will have to shade 20 parts to represent two-tenths of the figure.