Carla got a ride from her mom to school on 13 of 20 school days in November. Which is NOT equivalent to the fraction of days she got a ride to school?
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The complete question is:
Carla got a ride from her mom to school on 13 of 20 school days in November. Which is NOT equivalent to the fraction of days she got a ride to school?
(A) 13/20
(B) 35%
(C) 0.65
(D) 65%
Given:
(i) Carla got a ride on 13 of 20 school days in November.
To find:
(i) The incorrect answer representing the fraction of days of ride.
Solution:
Given, that Carla gets a ride from her mom to school on 13 of 20 school days in November.
So, out of 20 days, she gets a ride on 13 days.
Representing this secenariio as a fraction we get 13/20.
Again, to find out the percentage of days she gets a ride to school is equal to the fraction representation multiplied by 100.
So, the percentage of days, she gets a ride = [(13/20)*100]%
= 65%
Representing 65% as a decimal can be done simply dividing the percentage by 100.
So, 65% = 65/100
= 0.65
So, the correct representations are 13/20, 65% and 0.65.
Therefore, option (B), 35% is the inorrect representation.