Question

The local pizza parlor is filling an order of 40 pizzas for a school party. The circle graph shows the percentages of the different toppings ordered for the pizzas. Pizza Toppings Pineapple 10% Mushrooms Pepperoni 45% Ham 20% Based on the circle graph, how many pizzas are going to have mushrooms?
A 25 pizzas
B 15 pizzas
C 10 pizzas
D 12 pizzas

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Answer 1

Answer:

C 10 pizzas

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that there are 40 total pizzas

We also know the percentage of each pizza, except mushroom.

By definition, the total percent of everything is 100%

If we add up what we know...we get the following:

10% Pineapple + 45% Pepperoni + 20% Ham equals 75%

10 + 45 = 55

55 + 20 = 75

If all the pizzas other than Mushroom equals 75% of the pizza toppings, then Mushroom must be 25% of the pizzas

100% - 75% = 25%

25% of 40 pizzas is 0.25 x 40 which equals 10

25% is also the same as 1/4 or one quarter...so 40 divided by 4 is also 10.

So the answer is C. 10 pizzas

Another was to approach this would be to figure out how many of each other pizzas there are.

10% Pineapple is 0.10 x 40 = 4 Pineapple pizzas

45% Pepperoni is 0.45 x 40 = 18 Pepperoni pizzas

20% Ham is 0.20 x 40 = 8 Ham pizzas

if you add 4 + 18 + 8 you get 30 pizzas

40 total pizzas minus 30 non mushroom pizzas leaves 10 mushroom pizzas