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$80$ $\%$ of the tickets sold at an amusement park were discount tickets. If the park sold $40$ tickets in all, how many discount tickets did it sell? $\newline$ _____ tickets

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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80

\%

of the tickets sold at an amusement park were discount tickets. If the park sold

40

tickets in all, how many discount tickets did it sell?

\newline

_____ tickets

Convert to decimal: Convert $80\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $80\% = \frac{80}{100} = 0.80$
Calculate discount tickets: Calculate the number of discount tickets. $\newline$ Total tickets sold = $40$ $\newline$ $80\%$ of $40$ tickets = $0.80 \times 40 = 32$

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