Question

A bag contains blue, red, green, and black marbles. If there are 236 marbles in the bag and 25% of them are blue how many marbles are blue?

Answer 1

236*0.25

Answer= 59 blue

Answer 2

59 blue marbles

Explanation:

25% of the marbles are blue and there are 236 marbles. To find the number of marbles that are blue, we multiply the percentage that is blue by the total number of marbles.

Blue Marbles = 25% * 236

Change to decimal form

= .25 * 236

=59

There are 59 blue marbles