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A factory made $100$ jars of peanut butter. $10\%$ of the jars contained creamy peanut butter. How many jars of creamy peanut butter did the factory make? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_$ jars

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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Q. A factory made

100

jars of peanut butter.

10\%

of the jars contained creamy peanut butter. How many jars of creamy peanut butter did the factory make?

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\_\_\_\_

jars

Identify total jars and percentage: Step $1$ : Identify the total number of jars and the percentage that are creamy. $\newline$ Total jars = $100$ $\newline$ Percentage of creamy jars = $10\%$
Calculate creamy jars: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of creamy peanut butter jars. $\newline$ Number of creamy jars = $(\text{Total jars}) \times (\text{Percentage of creamy jars}) / 100$ $\newline$ Number of creamy jars = $100 \times 10 / 100$ $\newline$ Number of creamy jars = $10$

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