Question

Alyssa bakes cookies for the bake sale. 35% of the cookies are chocolate chip. If 56 of the cookies are chocolate chip, how many cookies did she bake in all?

Answer 1

She bakes 160 cookies in all.

Explanation:

We are given that Alyssa bakes cookies for the bake sale. 35% of the cookies are chocolate chip and 56 of the cookies are chocolate chip.

Let the total number of cookies baked by Alyssa be 'x'.

Number of chocolate chip = 56

So, according to the question;

35% of total cookies = 56

35% of x = 56

`(35)/(100) * x = 56`

`x=(56* 100)/(35)`

`x= 8 * 20` = 160 cookies

Hence, Alyssa bakes 160 cookies for the bake sale.