Question

Elmer has a collection of 300 fossils. Of these, 21%, percent are fossilized snail shells. How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer have?

Answer 1

63 fossilized snail shells

Explanation:

We know that the total number of fossils (100%) left parenthesis, is 300 . We need to find out how many are fossilized snail shells, which are 21% of the total.

We can first divide by 100 to see how many fossils 1% would be, then multiply by 21 to see how many fossilized snail shells 2% equals.

There are 63 fossilized snail shells in Elmer's collection.

Answer 2

300 × 0.21 = 63

Elmer has 63 fossilized snail shells.