Question

In a bag of 50 colored candies,

24% of the candies are green. How many of the
candies are green?

Answer 1

48%, or 24 candies

Explanation:

Since there is 50 candies, and the percentenc is based on 100%, you can double the percent of the amount of green candies to see how many there are.

Answer 2

12

Explanation:

you take 50 diveded by .24 (for 24%) which is 12