Question

If a baker made 40 muffins for a cafe. By noon, 95% of the muffins were sold.

How many muffins were sold by noon?

Answer 1

38 muffins were sold

Explanation:

percents can always be turned into fractions so 95% is actually just 0.95, you multiply that to 40 and you get 38, meaning 38 muffins were sold

Answer 2

38 muffins were sold by noon.