Question

On the beach boardwalk, there are 20 different places to get food. Twenty percent of them are ice cream shops. How many ice cream shops are on the boardwalk?

Answer 1

The answer is 4 because 100 divided by 20 is 5 so you do 20÷5 which is 4.

Answer 2

There are 4 ice cream shops on the boardwalk.

Explanation:

Since 20% of 20 shops are ice cream shops, we can multiply 20% by 20 to get the amount of ice cream shops.

I find converting percentages to fractions easier to solve.

20%=20/100=1/5

1/5*20=20/5=4 ice cream shops