Chapter 3.1, Problem 29PPS

To determine

The part of time the player saved shots on goal.

Answer to Problem 29PPS

  $0.929$

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The player of Minnesota wild saved 955 out of 1028 shots on goal.

Concept Used:

To convert a fraction into an equivalent decimal, use long division method and divide the numerator by the denominator.

Calculation:

In order to find the part of the time did he saved shots on goal, divide the number of shots saved by the total number of shots.

So, the part of the time he saved shots on goal is given by $\frac{955}{1028}$ .

Now to find the rate to the nearest thousand, divide the numerator by the denominator using long division as shown below,

  $1028\begin{array}{c}\hfill 0.9289\\ \hfill \overline{)\begin{array}{l}955.0000\\ \underset{\_}{000}\\ 9550\\ \underset{\_}{9252}\\ 2980\\ \underset{\_}{2056}\\ 9240\\ \underset{\_}{8224}\\ 10160\\ \underset{\_}{9252}\\ 908\end{array}}\end{array}$

Thus, to the nearest thousand, the part of the time he saved shots on goal is $0.929$ .