Question

7 times of 1/4 of a number is 140. What is the number?

Answer 1

Answer:

(7x)(1/4)=140

x=(140)(4)/7

x=80

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Given: 7 times of 1/4 of a number is 140.

To find: The number.

Solution:

• Let the number be x.
• When it is written "times" ot "of," it means multiplication.
• So, here "7 times" means that 7 is to be multiplied and "1/4 of" means that 1/4 is to be multiplied.
• On writing, the given statement in the question in the form of an equation, we have,

        $7 * \frac{1}{4} * x = 140$

• On rearraging the equation formed, we have,

        $x = \frac{140 * 4}{7}$

• On solving the equation further, x is found to be,

        $x = 80$

Therefore, 7 times of 1/4 of 80 is 140.