Question

Naomi ordered a set of red and purple pins. She received 720 pins, and 5% of them were red. How many red pins did Naomi receive?

Answer 1

Explanation:

OK so

5/100% of 720 = number of red pins

=36

hence, naomi recived 36 red pins and 684 purple pins

Answer 2

36

Explanation:

720 * 1% = 720 / 100 = 7.2 (1% of total pins)

5 * 7.2 = 36 pins