An ice cream store gave 5% of its customers free ice cream cones on Sunday. That day they had 480 customers. How many people received free ice cream cones?
2006-12-11 07:21:15 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
480 customers * .05 = 24 customers.
2006-12-11 07:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All that question means is: what is 5% of 480?
To find this, you do the following:
5% out of 100 = X out of 480 people
5 divided by 100 = X divided by 480
5/100 = X/480
Cross multiply to solve. This means:
*Multiply the numerator of the 5/100 (which is 5), by the denominator of X/480 (which is 480).
*Also, multiply the numerator of the X/480 (which is X), by the denominator of 5/100 (which is 100).
Set these back up into an equation format:
(X)(100) = (5)(480)
100X = 2400
Divide both sides by 100 to get the variable (X) alone.
100X/100 = 2400/100
X = 24
Thus, 24 people received free ice creams. Hope this helps!
2006-12-11 15:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by wowthisissuperfun 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24
2006-12-11 15:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Peter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24
2006-12-11 15:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Kingocal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just multiply the percentage by the number of people. 5% in decimal form is .05, so you would multipy .05 x 480 =24 customers received free cones.
2006-12-11 15:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by tiffanyrpunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
480 customers
*multiply it by 5% (or .05)
the answer is 24
2006-12-11 15:24:03 · answer #6 · answered by Elif 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5% of480 +24
2006-12-11 15:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by George G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5%=.05
480*.05=24 free cones.
2006-12-11 15:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You multiply the number of people by the percent. Thus giving you:
480
x 0.05
2006-12-11 15:29:09 · answer #9 · answered by jessi.swimchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
multiply 480x.05=24
2006-12-11 15:23:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋