Question

Bob's Gift Shop sold 650 cards for Mother's Day. One salesman, Scarlett, sold 10% of

the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards did Scarlett sell?

Answer 1

65

Explanation:

650 x .10 (or 10%)=65

Answer 2

65

Explanation:

To find the amount of something given a percentage, we first must translate the percentage into a fraction or decimal. One way to do this is to divide the percentage by 100. In this case, we can divide 10% by 100 to get 0.1

We can then multiply the percent by the total, or 100%. In this case, we have 0.1 of 650, so we multiply the two to get 0.1 * 650 = 65 as 10% of 650, or how many cards Scarlett sold