A total of 30 people made cake for a bake sale .Each person made 2 cakes Mrs.Larios found 20% of these cakes were chocolate.How many chocolate cakes were made for the sale?

1 Answer
Jun 3, 2018

12 of the cakes were chokolate.

Explanation:

As 30 people all made 2 cakes each, there were
#2*30=60# cakes in all.
To find out #20%# of this the easiest is to change it into a fraction this time, as #20%=20/100=1/5#

#20%# of the 60 cakes, therefore, is
#60/5=12# cakes
(you could also take:
#20%# of #60 = 20/100# of #60 = 20/100*60=12#

Conclusion: 12 of the cakes were chokolate.