Question

Jason has 45 tackles so far this year. He needs 60% more to equal the number of tackles he made the year before.

How many tackles in all did he make last year?

Answer 1

Jason made 72 tackles last year

Explanation:

"60 percent more" just means that we are going to find 160% of the original number. Let's start by changing 160% to decimal form: 1.60

When you find the percentage of something, you are multiplying the number by the percentage's decimal form.

160% of 45 is also
`45*1.6`, which equals 72

Therefore, he made 72 tackles last year.