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Help with this question.

I need help with number three.

Here is the link to the quiz it is number three.

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-layout-techniques/grid-layout/grid-layout-review

This is the question though.

A column that's 85px wide and nested inside a 1000px row, when converted to a percentage is ____ % wide.

I don't get it and I am sorry but, I need help.

2 Answers

Hi Leon,

The question is asking you what percentage of the 1000px is taken up by the 85px column. The 85px is a fraction of the 1000px container.

Are you having trouble with what to do with those 2 numbers?

Yes, I am an not sure what to do.

You want to divide the 85px by the 1000px and then the quiz wants the answer as a percentage.

I am confused I did the math on a piece of paper then, I got 0.085% so how would I put it in?

So when you do the division it gives the decimal 0.085 and then you need to convert that to a percent by moving the decimal point 2 places to the right. This should give you 8.5 as a percent

I also need help with number 5.

Sometimes the quiz questions don't appear in the same order.

Is it this one?

*To create 3 equal-width content columns in a 12 column row, we'll need to make each one _______ columns wide. *

If the 3 content columns have to be equal then they each need to be the same number of columns in the 12-col grid. It also has to add up to 12.

So the question is asking what would each one have to be so that they're equal and add up to 12.

If you wanted 2 equal width columns then each one would have to be 6 columns in the grid. That adds up to 12.

To create 3 equal-width content columns in a 12 column row, we'll need to make each one columns wide.

Another way to look at it is that if you're going to have 3 equal-width content columns then they will each take up one-third of the space. If it's a 12 column grid then you have to figure out how many columns would be one-third of that.

It's one-third of 12. 12 / 3 = 4

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Richard Montalvo
Richard Montalvo
1,503 Points

leans into your ear and whispers: "divide"

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

The answer already accepts the value as a percentage, just provide the quotient