Phil collected 60 eggs and sold 44 of them. Phil wrote that he sold 0.44 of the eggs he collected. Did Phil write the decimal correctly?

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Terrence Parks

Mathematics

22 December, 07:29

Phil collected 60 eggs and sold 44 of them. Phil wrote that he sold 0.44 of the eggs he collected. Did Phil write the decimal correctly?

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Allan Townsend · Answer 1

No, he didn't write the decimal correctly. He is basically saying that he sold 44% of the eggs he collected, not that he sold 44 of the eggs he collected.

The correct decimal can be found by dividing 44 by 60 to get 0.73.

Landyn Cantu · Answer 2

No because it is out of 60 not 100, the answer would be 0.733333333