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At the craft store, Haley bought a bag of purple and orange marbles. The bag contained $72$ marbles, and $75\%$ of them were purple. How many purple marbles did Haley receive? $\newline$ $\_\_\_$ purple marbles

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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Q. At the craft store, Haley bought a bag of purple and orange marbles. The bag contained

72

marbles, and

75\%

of them were purple. How many purple marbles did Haley receive?

\newline

\_\_\_

purple marbles

Convert to decimal: Convert $75\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $75\% = \frac{75}{100} = 0.75$
Calculate purple marbles: Calculate the number of purple marbles. $\newline$ Total marbles = $72$ $\newline$ Percentage of purple marbles = $0.75$ $\newline$ Number of purple marbles = $0.75 \times 72 = 54$

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