Jay-Jay’s spaza shop had some chappies. Jay-Jay sells 63% chappies and still has 111 chappies in stock. How many did he have originally?

1 Answer
Mar 22, 2018

#300#

Explanation:

Let the total amount of chappies he had be #100%#

He sold #63%# of the total chappies he had.

the remainder of his chappies are #100%-63%=37%=111#

63% of the total amount of chappies#=63/37xx111/1=189# chappies

THE total amount of chappies he had#=111+189=300#