Question

The costume committee has made 20 costumes. This is 80% of the total number of costumes needed for the school play. How many more costumes do they need to make?

Answer 1

`5` more costumes to be made.

Explanation:

Let the total number of costumes needed be `x` ,then by given

information,`x*80/100=20 or x= (20*100)/80 or x =25`

Therefore further `(25-20)=5` costumes need to be made.

Hence , `5` more costumes to be made. [Ans]