Egg hunt word problem

Question

At a community egg hunt, 32% of the eggs scattered in the grass contained chocolate candy. If 240 eggs contained chocolate, how many eggs were scattered?

Answer 1

To find the percent of a number use multiplication.

 

Let S = scattered eggs

 

32% of scattered eggs is 240

 

.32 x S = 240

 

S = 240/.32

Answer 2

0.32e = 240

e = 750

 

There were 750 eggs scattered.