Question

A shelf at a grocery store contains 500 packages of corn and flour tortillas. If 22% of the packages are flour tortillas how many packages are corn tortillas

Answer 1

Out of 500 packages of tortillas, 22% are flour tortillas, which equal 110 packages. Therefore, there are 390 packages of corn tortillas on the grocery store shelf.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the grocery store shelf contains 500 packages of tortillas and 22% of them are flour tortillas, we can calculate how many are corn tortillas. First, we find the number of flour tortillas by taking 22% of 500, which is 0.22 × 500. This calculation yields 110 packages of flour tortillas.

Next, to find out how many packages are corn tortillas, we subtract the number of flour tortillas from the total number of packages: 500 packages (total) - 110 packages (flour) = 390 packages (corn tortillas).