Question

In a bag of gumballs, 50% of the gumballs are blue. There are 40 blue gumballs in the bag. How many total gumballs are in the bag?

80
58
200
42

Answer 1

It is 80.

Explanation:

50% is half and there are 40 blue gumballs in the bag. If you wanted to know the total, you would double 40 because 40 is 50% of the bag, so you are just adding half of it in to get the whole. When you double it, you get 80.

Answer 2

80

Explanation:

40*2=80