Question

Sam has 60 toy cars. 20% of the cars are red. How many cars are red?A. 40B. 48C. 12D. 20

Answer 1

SOLUTION

Given the question in the question tab, the following is the solution step to get the number of red cars:

Total toy cars = 60

Percentage of toy cars that are red = 20

The number of red cars can be computed using the formula below:

$\begin{gathered} Number_{red\text{ cars}}=percentage\text{ }\times total\text{ cars} \\ \text{Number}_{red\text{ cars}}=20\text{\% of 60} \\ \text{Number}_{\text{red cars}}=\frac{20}{100}\times60=\frac{20\times60}{100}=\frac{1200}{100} \\ \text{Number}_{\text{red cars}}=12 \end{gathered}$

Hence, 12 out of the 60 cars are red which is option C.