Question

at the craft store, Alan bought a bag of orange and green marbles. the bag contained 25 marbles, and 40% of them where orange. how many orange marbles did alan receive.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are 10 orange marbles

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 25 marbles in the bag

40% are orange

To determine the number of orange marbles, we multiply the total number of marbles  by the percent that are orange

25 *40% = number of orange marbles

25*.40

10

There are 10 orange marbles