Question

Kori bought 56 boxes of tiles from the home improvement store, which was es 4/7 of the total number of boxes that they had. How many boxes of tiles did the store have?

Answer 1

The total number of boxes the store has is 98 boxes of tiles. This is computed by dividing 56 by 4/7, or simply multiply 56 by 7 which is equal to 392. Then 392 will be divided by 4 which will give us 98 boxes.

Answer 2

Answer:

98 boxes

Step-by-step explanation:

If 56 is  $\frac{4}{7}$ of the total, we can set up an equation like this:

$56=\frac{4}{7}*T$

Where T is the total number of boxes.

Solving for T gives us the answer:

$56=\frac{4}{7}T\\T=\frac{56}{\frac{4}{7}}\\T=56*\frac{7}{4}\\T=98$

There were 98 boxes in total.