Question

14 club members have birthdays in summer. This is 20% of the birthdays in the club. How many club members are there? How do you do this, for kids?

Answer 1

70 club members in all

Explanation:

we know that 14 people is equal to 20%

we also know that to get 20% to 100% you multiply by 5

So, what I did was mmultiply 14 by 5 therefore bringing 14 (20%) to 70 (100%)

hope this makes sense. for other values you could just see what to multiply the percent by to get to 100 and multiply the known number by that value.

hope this helps <3

Answer 2

70 members

Explanation:

Whatever the % is, the answer on the right side of the equation must by 14

So 20% of some number = 14.

20/100 x = 14 Remember 20% = 20 / 100. Multiply by 100

20x = 14*100

20x = 1400 Divide by 20

x = 1400/20

x = 70

There are 70 members in the club.

Kids are done no differently.

The number of people who fulfill the condition goes on the right. The left contains the % and an unknown.