Question

At Hamilton's Hamburger Hangout, 50% of the tables are occupied by customers. There

are 20 tables occupied by customers.
Shade the grid to show the percent of tables that are occupied.
How many total tables are there? You can use your model to help.
tables




I don’t get the answer what is it can anyone help?

Answer 1

40 tables total

Explanation:

Several ways to figure it out, but hopefully one of these is better for you to understand..

20 is half of 40 or 50% 50% in decimal form is .5 or .50 (either way works)

40 x .5 = 20 or you could say

1/2 of 40 is 20

So you would want to shade 20 tables, and the other 20 would be unshaded.