Question

Norman plants a garden each

year. This year, his garden
produced 40% fewer tomatoes
than it did last year. If Norman’s
garden produced 30 tomatoes
this year, how many tomatoes
did his garden produce last year?

Answer 1

50

Explanation:

if last year 100% of the tomatoes were produced and this year 40% less were produced then that would mean 60% of tomatoes were produced this year.

if 60% = 30 then

100% = ?

100x30÷60