Question

A pie shop sold 1,500 pies in a month if 30% of the pies to the shop were sold were banana crram

Answer 1

450 banana cream pies

Explanation:

Total number of pies in a month = 1500;

this represents 100% of the pies

Out of the total pies in a month, the proportion of banana cream pies = 30%

Next, find the number of banana cream pies ;

# of Banana pies = proportion of banana pies * total number of pies

=30% *1500

= 450

Therefore, the banana cream pies sold were 450.