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palpal01 asked:
Please show all your work. Here is the question:
Please show all your work. Here is the question:
In a wheelbarrow, you have 2 kilograms of soil for your garden. If 8% of it is organic matter(decayed materials from organisms), how many grams of organic matter do you have?
Note that the first part is dealing kilograms and the second part is dealingn with grams. There is a similiarity going around here….
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Brett D on 27 January, 2010 at 12:48 am #
2 kilograms=2000 grams
2000 x 0.08
=160 grams
just_wondering on 27 January, 2010 at 5:22 am #
the answer should be 160 grams if my math is correct
blackrose52893 on 30 January, 2010 at 2:38 pm #
ok. first, take 2 kilograms and convert it to grams. Kilo means 1000 so it would be 2000 grams. Then u have to find 8% of 2000. In your calculator, put 2000 muliply it by 8 and then hit the percent sign (it looks like this %) DO NOT HIT THE EQUAL BUTTON AFTER DOING THIS… if u do it properly you should come up with:
160 grams!
George u on 2 February, 2010 at 5:43 am #
8/100*2000
=160
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