A store owner has 225 suits. At the end of a sale he had sold 4/5 of them.?

Question

How many suits were left?

Answer 1

1/5 of them

Answer 2

45

Answer 3

1/5 x 225 = 45 suits are left.

Answer 4

1) How many suits do make 1/5-th? 225:5 is 45  2) How many suits were sold? 225-45 is 180 "I'm right, aren't I?" or "I'm right, am I not?" 3) 5/5-1/5 is 4/5 so we can check the result  45 times 4 is 180 Which tag question is more usual? Please write to [e-mail] and tell me which tag question sounds better.

Answer 5

there were left 45 suits!

Answer 6

1/5 * 225 = 45

45 suits are left.

Answer 7

If the owner sold 4/5 of his suits, he sold 80% of them.

80% of 225 is 180.

225 - 180 = 45

He had 45 suits left.

Answer 8

45 suits were left.

4/5 is 80 percent.  80 percent is 180.  45 is one fifth of 225.