Question

there are 5 boxes of markers in the drawer. each box contains 24 markers and more than 60% of the markers are blue markers. Find the minimum number of blue markers in all the 5 boxes

Answer 1

24 x 5 = 120
There are 120 total markers in the drawer.

Set up the percent proportion to solve.


`(24)/(x)    (60)/(100)`

To solve, you multiply 24 x 100 = 2400
Now, divide 2400 ÷ 60 = 40
There are at least 40 markers that are blue.