A package of colored paper conteins 20 pieces of yellow paper this represents 25% of the total pieces of colored paper in the package

how many total pieces of colored paper are in the packages?

use the rate you wrote in part a

To answer this, you know there are 4 quarters in a dollar. So 1 quarter is 25% because 25¢ is one out of 4 quarters in a dollar. Instead of a dollar it would be 100. Since you know 1/4 is equal to 20 peices of paper (25%), you simply multiply 20 by 4. This equals to 60.