Question

I ate 6 pieces of my candy. This is 75% of the candy I had. How much candy did I have before

Answer 1

The amount of candy you had before is 8.

Explanation:

75% + 25% makes 100% percent.

If we take 25% off from 8, you get 6.

A quick way to do this is: 8(.25)

If you solve that, you get 2. 8 - 2 is 6, which is what you originally had.