The bookstore sold 126 books on Saturday. If the store sold 35% of the books, how many books did they have to sell?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-30T13:10:14

They had 360 books.

We can rewrite this problem as

35% of Total Books is 126

The word "of" means multiply.
The word "is" means equals.

#35% * T = 126#

#.35T=126#

#cancel(.35)T/cancel(.35) = (126)/(.35)#

#T = 360#