Question

Your friend has a bag of 20 marbles. Seven

are blue, four are red, two are green, and
three are yellow. If the rest are white, what
percent of the marbles are white?

Answer 1

soln

Data given:

20 mables

7 blue

4 red

3 yellow

2 green

=7+4+3+2

=16

20-16

=4

4/20×100

=40%

Answer 2

20%

Explanation:

First, I added them up. From the things we know, blue, red, green, yellow combined equals 16 marbles. 20-16 equals 4. So there are 4 white marbles. 4/20 times 5 equals 20/100. So the percent of the marbles that are white is 20%.