Question

The school took in $875 at the bake-sale fundraiser. Sixty-eight percent of the money came from cupcake sales. How much money did the school make selling cupcakes?

Answer 1

You just need to understand how to take a percentage of a number, like a tip at a restaurant.
68%=.68

875*.68 = How much they made selling cupcakes.

Alternatively, if you wanted to find out the rest, you could do:

875*.32 =

Answer 2

what? how did you get 32?

Answer 3

Well a percentage is just the number out of 100.


So I subtracted 68 from 100. This would be used in figuring out discounts or just generally percentages off. Like, 20% off of a shirt.

That was just a caveat, the only thing you need for the answer is 875*.68=

Answer 4

thanks

Answer 5

so is the answer is 595

Answer 6

Yep!

Answer 7

thank you