60 people will be attending a presentation. 60% of the memos are blue, 20% are red, 15% are green and 5% are yellow. How many green memos do you need to print?

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Andrea Ruiz

Mathematics

6 January, 18:04

60 people will be attending a presentation. 60% of the memos are blue, 20% are red, 15% are green and 5% are yellow. How many green memos do you need to print?

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Karissa Faulkner · Answer 1

Do the easiest percentages first:For me its this order to figure it out,

20% of 60 is 12 - double 10%-

5% of 60 is 3 - half of 10%-

15% of 60 is 9 - 10% + 5%-

60% of 60 is 36 - 10% x 6-

Add all these together so 12+3+9+36 = 60 so he doesn't need to print anymore double check this though!

Gisselle Orr · Answer 2

Enough for the people that are attending