Question

Noah was assigned to make 64 cookies for the bake sale. He made 125% of that number. 90% of the cookies he made were sold. How many of Noah’s cookies were left after the bake sale?

Answer 1

He made a total amount of 80 cookies. He then sold 72 of those cookies.


Step-by-step explanation:
125% of 64 is equal to 80.
90% of 80 is equal to 72.

Answer 2

8

Step-by-step explanation:

The number left was 10% of the number he made. The number he made was 125% of 64, so the number left was ...

10% × 125% × 64 = 0.125 × 64 = 8

8 of Noah's cookies were left.