Question

Manny bought 12 pounds of vegetables

at the supermarket. 75% of the
vegetables were on sale. How many
pounds of vegetables were not on sale?

98 POINTS :)

Answer 1

He bought 3 pounds but none of it was on sale

Answer 2

Manny bought 3 pounds that were not on sale

Explanation:

If 75 % were on sale, (100% -75% = 25%) then 25% were not on sale (The total has to be 100%)

Manny bought 12 pounds of vegetables

To determine how many pounds were not on sale, we take the amount of vegetables purchased and multiply by the percent that were not on sale.

12 * 25%

Change this to decimal form

12 *.25

3

Manny bought 3 pounds that were not on sale