Question

elena's daughter sold 23 boxes of girl scout cookies. She was tols this is 10% of the troops sales. How many boxes did the troop sell?

Answer 1

69 is 20% (1/5th)
69 * 5 = 345
so that means the whole troop sold 345

Answer 2

divide qty sold (23) by percentage (10%)

23/0.10 = 230

so 230 total boxes were sold