Question

Jay has an album that holds 600 coins. Each page of the album holds 6 coins. If ​39% of the album is​ empty, how many pages are filled with coins ​?
____ pages are filled with coins
Pls help me with this

Answer 1

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Answer:

  61

Step-by-step explanation:

If there are 6 coins on each page, then the number of pages for 600 coins is ...

  (600 coins)/(6 coins/page) = 100 pages

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If 39% are empty, then 100% -39% = 61% are filled.

The number of filled pages is ...

  61% × 100 = 61/100 × 100 = 61 . . . . pages filled

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Comment about percent

You can think of the percent symbol (%) and "per 100" (/100) as being interchangeable. 61% = 61/100

("Cent" is used to signify one of 100 parts. A cent is 1/100 of a dollar, for example. In land area, a cent is 1/100 of an acre. Then, "percent" can be thought of as "per cent" or "per 100 parts".)