Question

A bakery sold 154 mocha cupcakes in a day, which was 35% of the total number of cupcakes sold that day. How many total cupcakes did the bakery sell that day?

Answer 1

440

Explanation:

If we have the information that 154 mocha cupcakes = 35% of the total cupcakes sold on a certain day, then to find the total number of cupcakes old that day, we can set up a simple proportion.

So, with x = the unknown number of total cupcakes

35% = 154 / x

==>

35 / 100 = 154 / x

We can use cross-multiplication to simplify to ==>

35x = 15,400

Now we divide both sides by 35 to isolate our variable ==>

x = 440

So, the total number of cupcakes sold that day (100%) was 440 cupcakes