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Bob's gift shop sold a record number of cards for Mother's Day. One salesman sold 33 cards, which was 10% of the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards were sold for Mother's Day?

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Answer:330

Explanation:

Set up cross multiplication:

33/x 10/100

Cross multiply

10*x 100*33

Divide sums

3,300/10x

Answer:

330 total cards

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