Laura ordered a set of blue and green pencils. She received 60 pencils, and 31% of them were green. About how many green pencils did Laura receive?

Ahndwoo asked Mar 3, 2023

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Ahndwoo asked Mar 3, 2023

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Data:

Green pencils: 31%

Total of pencils: 100%=60pencils

If the 100% is the total of the pencils you can find the number of green pencils with a rule of three:

Then the number of green pencils is 18,6 or about 19
$(31\cdot60)/(100)=18.6$

Sooyeon answered Mar 9, 2023

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