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At the sewing store, Eva bought a bag of mixed buttons. She got 64 large buttons and 16 small buttons. What percentage of the buttons were large?

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Answer:

80% of the buttons were large.

Explanation:

Recall that percentages are fractions.

We first need to find the total number of buttons that Eva bought

64 + 16 = 80

Then we need to divide 64 into 80 as a fraction of the whole (80 is our whole)

64 ÷ 80 = 0.8

To convert our decimal to a percentage, we must multiply it by 100.

0.8 * 100% = 80%

Therefore, 80% of the buttons were large.

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