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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?

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13 votes

Answer:

100

Explanation:

250 books × 40%

= 100

other way to solve it is

250 × 0.40

= 100 fiction books

User Garoal
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2 votes

Answer:

100

20 = 50

50 x2

Explanation:

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