Question

CUSTOMERS AT A STORE

The bar graph above shows the number of customers who shopped at a store Monday through Thursday of
one week. If the number of customers on Friday was a one-fifth increase over the number of customers on
Thursday, how many customers shopped at the store on Friday?
O 480
O 500
O 525
O 600

Answer 1

480

Explanation:

400 + 1/5(400) = 400 + 80 = 480

Answer 2

480

Explanation:

We are looking for the total number of customers in the store on Friday using a chart and a fractional increase.

On Thursday there were 400 customers, so we need to find the amount of the increase.

1/5 of 400 =80

Increase Thursday's amount, 400, by the amount of the increase, 80, to find the number of customers on Friday.

400+80 = 480

Friday has 480