1. A breakfast cereal is made of oats, nuts, and raisins. The advertisements boast that 25% of the cereal in each box is almonds
. What portion of each box is not almonds? 2. A breakfast cereal is made of oats, nuts, and raisins. The advertisements boast that 25% of the cereal in each box is almonds. If each box contains 12 cups of cereal, how many cups of almonds are in each box?
3. A breakfast cereal is made of oats, nuts, and raisins. Each box contains 12 cups of cereal, and 4 cups are oats. What percentage of each box is oats?
1) The advertisements boast that 25% of the cereal in each box is almonds. It means that the percentage of the other cereals in the box is 100 - 25= 75%
Therefore, the portion of each box that is not almonds is 75/100 = 0.75
2) The advertisements boast that 25% of the cereal in each box is almonds. If each box contains 12 cups of cereal, then the number of cups of almonds in each box is
25/100 × 12 = 3 cups
3) if each box contains 12 cups of cereal, and 4 cups are oats, then the percentage of each box that is oats is
