Question

a bookstore sold 1,250 books in a month. if 70% of the books the store sold were paperbacks, how many paperback books did the store sell in the month?

Answer 1

The store sold 70/100 x 1,250 = 0.70 x 1,250 = 875 paperbacks.

Answer 2

If you would like to know how many paperback books did the store sell in a month, you can calculate this using the following steps:

paperback books: 70% of the sold books = 70% of 1,250 books = 70% * 1,250 = 70/100 * 1,250 = 875 books

The correct result would be 875 paperback books.