Question

A consignment of eggs was delivered damaged with 72 eggs being cracked, which is 12 percent of the total consignment. Calculate the total amount of eggs in the consignment. Find the answer.

Answer 1

There were 600 eggs in total.

Explanation:

In order to find the total amount of eggs we need to divide the percent by the eggs cracked.

First we need to convert 12% to a decimal, 0.12.

Now we need to divide the cracked eggs by the percent.

So:

72 ÷ 0.12 = 600