Question

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?

Answer 1

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.