Question

Dimple volunteered 32 hours last month at a local animal shelter. This is 20% of the total hours that she has volunteered this year. How many hours did she volunteer this year?

Answer 1

If she was to volunteer 32 hours and it is worth 20%, then that means 32 hours is 1/5 of her yearly hours. If you were to multiply her volunteer hours by five, then you are getting the year number of hours she has volunteered.

32 x 5 = 160

So, she volunteers 160 hours this year.