Answer:
20 ounces
Explanation:
A cereal box says that it now has 25% more originally came with 16 ounces of cereal how much cereal does the box come with now
This is a percentage increase question
The INITIAL amount of cereal in the box = 16 ounces
The percentage increase = 25%
The CURRENT amount of cereal = ?
We solve this using the formula
Percentage increase = Increase/Initial amount × 100%
Step 1
We calculate the Increase in the amount of cereal
25% = Increase/16 × 100%
Cross Multiply
25 × 16 = Increase × 100
Increase = 25 × 16/100
Increase = 400/100
Increase = 4 ounces
Step 2
The current amount of cereal =
Initial Amount + Increase in cereal
= 16 ounces + 4 ounces
= 20 ounces.
Hence, the amount of cereal that comes with box now is 20 ounces