Question

Sweet Treats Bakery is placing an order for 1,496 kilograms of sugar. That is 10% more than the bakery requested in its last order. How much sugar did Sweet Treats Bakery order then?

Answer 1

If the 1496 kg order is 10% more than the previous order, it means that the 1496 kg order is 110% of the previous order. (We consider the previous order to be 100%, so we add the additional 10% to that.)

We can set up the proportion:

`(100\%)/(110\%)=(x)/(1496)`

This compares previous order percent and amount to the newest order percent and amount.

Solve this by multiplying both sides by 1496 to find x = 1360.

The previous order was 1360 kg.