Question

@31356 plz help? :D

8.75% of a number is 120. What is 40% of the number?

9.Benito read 14 books in 3 months, which was 35% of the number of books he had signed up to read during the school year. How many books did Benito sign up to read?

Answer 1

Hey!! :D

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Thx, lol :D

Answer 4

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Triple smileys :D:D:D

Answer 6

@jigglypuff314 ?

Answer 7

????!!! u took it away D:

Answer 8

I am not sure about this, here she will help you :D

Answer 9

oh, so that's where all this had been coming from -.-
could've just tagged me all those times XD

k, gimme a sec

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Answer 11

Yea lol :D

Answer 12

lol!kk

Answer 13

8.75% --> 0.0875 as a decimal
0.0875x = 120 solve for x

then 40% --> 0.4 as a decimal
so 0.4x = ?

Answer 14

???

Answer 15

"8.75% of a number is 120"

8.75% as a decimal = 0.0875

"of" means multiplication
"a number" -> x
"is" means "="

so you get 0.0875 times x = 120 solve for x

Answer 16

????

Answer 17

what do you not understand? :/

Answer 18

I got 10.5 and that's not an option..

Answer 19

0.0875x = 120

Sove for x, you're still not done it's asking for 40% of that number

Answer 20

75% of a number is 120. What is 40% of the number?








A.
36







B.
64







C.
138







D.
225

Answer 21

^ yes
I was taking it step by step
x = 120 divided by 0.0875

which you would then multiply by 0.4

Answer 22

ohhhhh
I miss read that as 8.75% not 75%

okay then
so x = 120 divided by 0.75

then multiply that by 0.4

Answer 23

...still not there :(

Answer 24

oh! lol ok one min

Answer 25

o.0 is that 8.75% of is that question 8 ._.

Answer 26

lOL!!! im so stupied! lol soulnt have put it like that

Answer 27

....still not there.....

Answer 28

???
what do you get from 120 divided by 0.75 = ?

Answer 29

160

Answer 30

then multiply by 0.4

Answer 31

64 :D

Answer 32

could u also help me with this? :D
Benito read 14 books in 3 months, which was 35% of the number of books he had signed up to read during the school year. How many books did Benito sign up to read?








A.
40







B.
42







C.
56







D.
105

Answer 33

14 books = 35%
so 14 divided by 0.35 = ?