Question

There are 4 breakfast choices in a school cafeteria: Cereal, Granola Bar, Breakfast Sandwich, and Fruit. The percentage of students that chose cereal is 20%. If 60 students chose cereal, what is the total number of students that ate breakfast?

A.
120
B.
300
C.
320
D.
360

Answer 1

300. In this case, it's very easy to do this percentage inflation. Since 20 is a multiple of 100, and we want to know the 100%, you just multiply the 20 by 5 to make it 100. Along with this, you multiply the 60 by 5 as well, which gives you 300.