Question

Mr. Jenkins, the school cafeteria manager used 40% of packed breakfasts during Monday and Tuesday. He had 360 packed breakfasts left. How many packed breakfasts Mr.Jenkins ordered for the whole week

Answer 1

We will find the number of packed breakfast Mr. Jenkins ordered for the whole week as follows:

`x=(360\cdot100)/(60)\Rightarrow x=600`

So, the total of the packed breakfast he had ordered was 600.

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We determine this as follows:

*We are given that 360 packed breakfast represented the 60% [Since he used 40% during the days stated and thus the remaining packed breakfast represented 60%]. So we use this number to find the 100%:

*We multiply the number we know (360) times the percentage that we want to know (100%) and divide by the percentage that the number we know represents (60%). The solution then is the number that 100% represents.