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4 November, 22:23

Jonathan has a collection of 400 marbles. Blue makes up 17% of his collection, how many blue marbles does Jonathan have?

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  1. 4 November, 22:36
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    So percent means parts out of 100 so 17%=17/100

    400 marbles

    17% of 400=blue

    'of' can be translated to multiply

    17%=17/100

    17/100 ties 400=6800/100=68

    he has 68 blue marbles
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