Question

Forty percent of the sheets of construction paper are secondary colors. There are 25 sheets of construction paper. How many of those sheets are secondary colors?

Answer 1

Total Number of sheets of construction paper= 25

The Percent of the sheets of construction paper that are secondary color = 40%

Percent means out of 100.To find number of secondary color sheet we find 40% of 25.

40%=$\frac{40}{100}$

Number of sheets which are of secondary color=$\frac{40}{100} of 25 =\frac{1000}{100} =10$

Number of secondary color sheets =10.

Answer 2

10 of those sheets are secondary colors.

40% = 0.4
0.4(25) = 10