Question

Nancy purchased some bed sheets for $ 36 they were on sale 25% off.What was the original price of the bed sheets?

( what was your strategy)

Answer 1

25*4 =100 so if 25% is one of 4 parts of 100% than 36: 3 is 12 so that means that 12 is one of 3 parts of 36. So just add 12 to 36 to make it 4 parts 36+12=48 so originally they were 48$

Answer 2

Let

x-------> the original price of the bed sheets

we know that

Nancy purchased some bed sheets for $
`36` they were on sale
`25`% off

so

`100`%-
`25`%=
`75`%

`75`%=
`0.75`

`0.75*x=36\\ x=36/0.75\\ x=48`

therefore

the answer is

the original price of the bed sheets was $
`48`