Question

Nancy has eight books. Three of them are nonfiction. Write a portion of Nancy’s book that are non-fiction decimal form.

Answer 1

$\begin{gathered} \text{Let:} \\ N=\text{Total books} \\ nF=\text{nonfiction books} \\ P=\text{Portion of Nancy's book that are non-fiction} \\ P=\frac{nF}{N}=\frac{3}{8}=0.375 \end{gathered}$