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In the oak forest, 60 kids are playing capture the flag.That is 40 percent of all kids in the park.How many kids are in the park?

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150 kids because if you did the percents right then you would get the total and then divide it
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Answer:

150 kids

Explanation:

If 60 kids is 40% of the total kids, we can add another 60 to get 80% and then half of 60 (30) to bring the total up to 100% of the kids.

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