Question

Challenge in a company, 80% of the workers are men. If 920 people work for the company who aren't men, how many workers are there in all? Use pencil and paper. Show two different ways that you can solve this problem There are workers in all. (Type a whole number.)

Answer 1

Let x represent the number of workers in the company. If 80% are men, it means that the percentage that are women is

100 - 80 = 20%

If 920 people work for the company who aren't men, it means that they are women. Therefore, 20% of x is 920. This means that

20/100 * x = 920

0.2x = 920

x = 920/0.2

x = 4600

There are 4600 workers in the company