Peter babysits his sister on Monday and Friday. He babysits for his neighbor 40% of the days Monday through Friday. He babysits for his sister and his neighbor on different days. On the weekend, Peter babysits 50% of the days. Choose True or False for each statement.

Peter babysits a total of 6 days each week.

Peter babysits either Saturday or Sunday.

Peter babysits 80% of the days Monday through Friday.

Peter babysits 90% of the total days each week.

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Answer:

Question 1: False

Question 2: True

Question 3: True

Question 4: False

Step-by-step explanation:

Peter babysits his sister 2 days: Monday and Friday.

He babysits for his neighbor 40% of the time between Monday through Friday. This includes 5 days. 40% of 5days = 2 days.

On the weekend, Peter babysits 50% of the days. There are 2 days in the weekend

50% × 2 days = 1 day.

Question 1: False

Altogether, Peter babysits 5 days every week.

Question 2: True

Question 3: True

Peter babysits 4 out 5 days during Monday-Friday 4/5= 80%

Question 4: False

Peter babysits 5 days out of 7 during the week. 5/7 = 71% of the days, which is less than 90%

Determine the true or false statement from the options given.

Days Peter babysit his sister = Monday & Friday = 2 days

Babysit for his neighbor = 40% of weekdays

= 40% of 5

= 0.4 × 5

= 2 days

Weekend babysitting = 50% of 2 days

= 0.5 × 2

= 1 day

Options

  • Peter babysits a total of 6 days each week.

Peter babysits a total of 6 days each week.

Total days = Days Peter babysit his sister + Babysit for his neighbor + Weekend babysitting

= 2 + 2 + 1

= 5

False

  • Peter babysits either Saturday or Sunday.

True

  • Peter babysits 80% of the days Monday through Friday.

80% of 5 days

= 0.8 × 5

= 4 days

Check:

Check:Weekday babysitting = Days Peter babysit his sister + Babysit for his neighbor

= 2 + 2

= 4 days

True

  • Peter babysits 90% of the total days each week.

90% of 7 days

= 0.9 × 7

= 6.3 days

False

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