Question

Steve sold 36 fruit baskets for a school fundraiser. Evie sold 25% of the number of baskets that Steve sold. How many fruit baskets did Evie sell? Enter the number in the box.

Answer 1

9 fruit baskets.

Explanation:

Given:

Steve sold 36 fruit baskets for a school fundraiser.

Evie sold 25% of the number of baskets that Steve sold.

Question asked:

How many fruit baskets did Evie sell?

Solution:

As given that Evie sold 25% of the number of baskets that Steve sold.

Number of baskets sold by Evie = 25% of 36

`=(25)/(100)*36\\\\ =(900)/(100)\\ \\=9`

Thus, 9 fruit baskets sold by Evie.