Question

Victor took out 30% of his construction paper. Of this, Paul used 6 sheets, Allison used 8 sheets and Victor and Gayle used the last ten sheets. How many sheets of construction paper did Victor not take out

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let x represent the total number of sheets of construction paper. Victor took out 30% of his construction paper. It means that the number of construction paper that Victor took out is 30/100×x = 0.3x

Of this, Paul used 6 sheets, Allison used 8 sheets and Victor and Gayle used the last ten sheets. Total number of papers used is 6+ 8 + 10 = 24 sheets. Therefore,

0.3x = 14

x = 24/0.3 = 80

Total number of sheets used is 80.

The number of sheets of construction paper that Victor did not take out is 70% of the total sheets. It becomes

70/100 × 80 = 56