Question

In a shopping district with a variety of stores, 9 of the stores sell jewelry. The jewelry stores make up only 3% of the shopping district. How many stores are in the shopping district?

Answer 1

When I did this in middle school, the teacher made it unnecessarily difficult (-_-), so here`s my own method for you.

Finding 1%:

If 9 is 3%, then 3 is 1%. This method only works when the sides are divisible.

You can use the 1% to find the total, which is 100%.

3 stores (or 1%) x 100 = 300.

There are 300 stores in the shopping district.

Hope that helps