Question

Sophie Ruth is eating a

50
5050-gram chocolate bar which contains
30
%
30%30, percent cocoa.
How many grams of cocoa are in the chocolate bar?

grams

Answer 1

15 grams

Explanation:

There is a 50 gram chocolate bar that contains 30% cocoa. So we are basically finding 30% of 50. We break 30 into 3*10 and 50 into 5*10. 5*3 = 15.

Therefore, there are 15 grams of cocoa in the chocolate bar.

I hope this helps.