In a​ company, 70% of the employees are female. If 1590 males work for the​ company, what is the total number of​ employees?

Question

I am stuck. I have no idea how to solve this. Please help! :'(

Answer 1

Hello Andra,

 

We're going to assume here that all of the employees at this company are either male or female. If 70% of the employees are female, then the remaining 30% must be males.

 

So, we know that 30% of the total number of employees is 1590. Break this down into a mathematical statement, and we'll get:

 

     30% (of) total = 1590

 

Let's let T equal the total number of employees. Here, (of) translates to multiplication.

 

     30% · T = 1590

 

Convert the percentage into decimal form:

 

     0.30T = 1590

 

And solve for T.

 

That should do it!