Question

A theater club sold 400 tickets for a school play. On the frist day, 60% of the 400 tickets were sold. How many tickets were sold the frist day?

Answer 1

60% as a decimal is 0.6. The number of tickets sold the first day is 0.6*400 = 240 tickets.
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Answer 2

The theater sold 240 tickets the first day.

Work:

400 divided by 10 = 40

40 * 6 = 240

Or, you can find it out this way:

400 divided by 100 = 4
60 * 4 = 240