Mark has 312 books in his bookcase. He has 11 times as many fiction books as nonfiction books. How many fiction books does mark have?

Question

Mark has 312 books in his bookcase. He has 11 times as many fiction books as nonfiction books. How many fiction books does mark have?

Answer 1

Ella,

 

Assume Mark has f number of non fiction books

He has 11*f fiction books

 

Total books = f + 11f = 312

12 f = 312

f = 26

 

So mark has 26 non-fiction books and 26*11 = 286 fiction books