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A gumball machine has 100 red gumballs. If the red gumballs are 25% of the total number of gumballs, how many gumballs are in the gumball machine?
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A gumball machine has 100 red gumballs. If the red gumballs are 25% of the total number of gumballs, how many gumballs are in the gumball machine?

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Answer: 400

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25% is equal to one quarter (1/4). If theres 100 red gumballs then there must be 300 more gumballs in the machine because a quarter of a number is always even.

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