Question

A gumball machine has 360 red gumballs. If the red gumballs are 75% of the total number of gumballs, how many gumballs are in the gumball machine?

Answer 1

There are a total of 480 gumballs in the machine!

Explanation:

First, identify what you know:

1) A gumball machine has 360 red gumballs.

2) The red gumballs makeup 75% of the total number of gumballs.

If 360 red gumballs if 75% of the total gumballs, that means 3/4 of the gumballs are red. Simply divide 360 by three!

360/3 = 120

So, 1/4 of the total number of gumballs in the machine, is 120 gumballs. Simply multiply 120 by 4, to find the total one!

120 x 4 = 480 total gumballs

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