The manager determined that 35% of the shoes were athletic shoes. If the shipment consisted of 560 pairs of shoes, how many were not athletic shoes?

Question

Have to find how many are not athletic shoes

Answer 1

Hello Emma,

First, determine the number of shoes which were athletic. 

Since there are a total of 560 pairs of shoes and 35% are athletic then, you will multiply 560 by 35%. 

560 * .35 = 196   <-----------------------Number of athletic shoes. 

Now subtract the number of athletic shoes from the total number of pairs (560). 

560 - 196 = number of pairs which were not athletic shoes


I am sure you can solve the above. I hope I have helped and wish you a great week.