Question

only 18 percent of the peices in the box were unpainted. if 738 oieces were painted, how many pieces were in the box?

Answer 1

If 18% of the pieces in the box were unpainted, that means 82% of the pieces in the box were painted.

And since 738 pieces were painted, that number comprises 82% of the total number of pieces.

Therefore, the number of pieces in the box was : 738 : 82% = 900 (pieces)