Question

The Valley Middle School library just added 250 books to the shelves. Of those books, 40% are fiction. How many of the new books are fiction?

Answer 1

100

Explanation:

250 books × 40%

= 100

other way to solve it is

250 × 0.40

= 100 fiction books

Answer 2

100

20 = 50

50 x2

Explanation: