Question

A group of biologists found a total of 28 loggerhead turtle nests along a beach during a certain season. This was 40% of the total number of turtle nests the group found during that season. What was the total number of turtle nests the group found during that season?

70
85
110
143

Answer 1

28=.4x
70=x
They found 70

Answer 2

First divide 28 by 40 to get the unit rate which is 0.7. Then, since that is 1% mulitiply 0.7 times 100 to get 70 turtles as your answer. hope that helped!