SOLUTION: use the five step strategy for solving word problems to find the number. 80% of which number is 224?

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Question 1199555: use the five step strategy for solving word problems to find the number.
80% of which number is 224?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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What five steps?

n, which number
0.8n=224
n=224%2F0.8
n=280

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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I don't know what the reference you are using calls "the five step strategy"....

Maybe something like this:

(1) Define a variable
Let x be the number we are looking for.

80% is 0.80 or 4/5.

(2) Write the equation that says 80% of the number is 224.
%284%2F5%29x=224

(3) Solve the equation: multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 4/5.
%285%2F4%29%284%2F5%29x=%285%2F4%29%28224%29
x=5%28224%2F4%29=5%2856%29=280

(4) Answer the question.
80% of 280 is 224.

That's 4 steps; perhaps your five step strategy uses two separate steps to do one of the four I used.

Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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For your info and education:

        It is called  " five  highlight%28steps%29  strategy for solving word problems " - - - not " five step strategy " . . .