Friday, April 24, 2009

Multiply 125* 20 which is 2500. Since .20 Has to move the decimal point 2 spaces do the same thing to 2500. the answer should come out 25.00
 1.25 is the answer to the question

125 *.20 = 1.25

125.=1.25 move the decimal point 2 spaces

125 times .20 1.25 Just move the decimal point over 2 spaces

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Multiplication Monsters Math Game

How can you get 25% of $125

To figure out what is 25% of 125, do these steps.
  1. First, you should convert 25% into a fraction.
  2.  Convert 25% to a fraction of 25/100
  3. Change 25/100 to its simplest form of 1/4 
  4. The final step is just to divide 125 by 4 and there is your answer.
  5. Your answer should have been $31.25.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

how games helped me

 I feel that  the multiplication games helped with a lot of my multiplication and how I think of. Now whenever I see multiplication the answer just runs to my head like at the speed of light.

Rags to Riches: Mean, Median, and Mode

Tuesday, April 21, 2009