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A gumball machine has 240 red gumballs. If the red gumballs are 50% of the total number of gumballs, how many gumballs are in the gumball machine?
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A gumball machine has 240 red gumballs. If the red gumballs are 50% of the total number of gumballs, how many gumballs are in the gumball machine?

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480
This is because 50% is half of the total. So to find the total, multiply 240 by 2.
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480 because 50% is just haf and half has to be equal to the 240 so you just add 240 to 240

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