The costume committee has made 20 costumes. This is 80% of the total number of costumers needed for the school play. How many more costumes do they need to make?

A 5 costumes

B 8 costumes

C 16 costumes

D 25 costumes

Question

Evie Sexton

Mathematics

3 July, 09:23

The costume committee has made 20 costumes. This is 80% of the total number of costumers needed for the school play. How many more costumes do they need to make?

A 5 costumes

B 8 costumes

C 16 costumes

D 25 costumes

+3

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Cannon Singleton · Answer 1

You should use part/whole = %/100 and cross multiply. So you will get 20/x = 80/100 (whole is x because we are trying to find what whole is). now you will have 2000=80x. Now you divide 2000/80 and get 25=x. So, there are 25 costumes in total which means they need to make 5 more.

The costume committee has made 20 costumes. This is 80% of the total number of costumers needed for the school play. How many more costumes do they need to make?A 5 costumesB 8 costumesC 16 costumesD 25 costumes

The costume committee has made 20 costumes. This is 80% of the total number of costumers needed for the school play. How many more costumes do they need to make?

A 5 costumes

B 8 costumes

C 16 costumes

D 25 costumes