Students in a classroom have eaten 60% of jellybeans from a jar. There are now only 100 jellybeans left! How many jellybeans were in the jar to begin with?

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Answer 1

If they ate 60%, 40% remains.

 

0.4j = 100

j = 250

 

There were 250 jellybeans to start.