Question

There are 15 apples in a case. This is 20% of what the case holds. How many were in the case originally?

Answer 1

75 apples

Explanation:

We are given the there are 15 apples in a case, and that that is only 20% of what the case can hold. We need to figure out how many apples the case can hold at 100%. All we need to do is multiply both numbers by 5 to get to 100% capacity.

15(5) = 75
20%(5) = 100%

This shows that the case at 100% capacity can hold 75 apples.