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Jenny made 200 bracelets. She sold 64% of the bracelets at a craft fair.

a. How many bracelets did she sell?
b. How many bracelets were not sold?

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Answer:

Jenny sold 128 braclets. 72 bracelets weren't sold.

Explanation:

IMPORTANT FORMULA: TO CONVERT A NUMBER TO A PERCENT, YOU HAVE TO MULTIPLY BY 100. TO CONVERT A PERCENT TO A NUMBER, YOU HAVE TO DIVIDE BY 100.

a) How many bracelets did she sell?

Using the formula that is shown above, I can conclude that 64%=64/100=32/50=16/25

Jenny sold 64% of the 200 bracelets.

In mathematics, the word "of" means multiplication.

64% of 200 = 16/25 * 200 = 128

Jenny sold 128 braclets.

to answer part 2, 200 bracelets - 128 bracelets = 72 bracelets.

72 bracelets weren't sold.

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