Jordan has 4/5 as many DVDs than Joseph. If Jordan has 56 DVDs, then how many does Joseph have?
Here is my question, should I divide or multiply?
Which method is correct, 56/1 x 4/5 or 56/1 รท 4/5 into 56/1 x 5/4?
the 2nd one
when a problem says "of" that means multiply
1/2 of a dozen = 1/2 * 12 = 6
To find out how many DVDs Joseph has, we need to determine the value of one unit (which represents the number of DVDs that Joseph has) based on the given information.
Let's assume that Joseph has x DVDs.
According to the given information, Jordan has 4/5 as many DVDs as Joseph. This can be expressed as:
4/5 * x = 56
To solve this equation, we need to isolate x by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 4/5, which is 5/4:
(4/5 * x) * (5/4) = 56 * (5/4)
On the left side, the multiplication of (4/5 * 5/4) simplifies to 1, leaving us with:
x = 56 * (5/4)
Now, we can calculate the value of x:
x = 70
Therefore, Joseph has 70 DVDs.