Question

A customer placed an order with a bakery for muffins. The baker has completed 37.5% of the order after baking 81 muffins. How many muffins did the customer order?

Plz explain how you found the answer!!

6th grade math

Finding the whole from a percent

Thank you!!

Answer 1

216 cupcakes becuase you have to do 81 divided by .375

Answer 2

81 divided by 37.5 equals 2.16, 2.16 would be equivalent to 1% so to find 100% we simbly multiply 2.16 by 100, 2.16 multiplied by 100 equates to 216, so the Baker is making 216 muffins.