The Eatery Restaurant has 200 tables. On a recent evening, there were reservations for fraction 1/10 of the tables. How many tables were reserved?

2 answers

In word problems, you can be pretty sure that "of" means times.

1/2 of 6 is the same as 1/2 * 6 = 3

So, can you multiply 1/10 by 200?
No