Esmerelda bought a bag of jelly beans. There were 2 4 24 green jelly beans, which made up 8 % 8% of all the jelly beans in the bag. How many jelly beans were in the bag?

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Amber

31 October, 19:21

Esmerelda bought a bag of jelly beans. There were 2 4 24 green jelly beans, which made up 8 % 8% of all the jelly beans in the bag. How many jelly beans were in the bag?

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Jordon Pollard · Answer 1

She had 300 jelly beans total.

Step-by-step explanation:

0.08/24=300

0.08 is 8% in decimal form. To convert a percent to decimal form just divide the percent by 100

8/100=0.08

To find the total number of jelly beans divide the amount of green jelly beans by the percent.

24/0.08=300

Now to check your answer multiply the total number of jelly beans by the percent.

300•0.08=24