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For a company picnic, Jeffrey ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. The box included a total of $70$ cookies, and $60\%$ of them were gingerbread. How many gingerbread cookies did Jeffrey get? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_\_$ gingerbread cookies

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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Q. For a company picnic, Jeffrey ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. The box included a total of

70

cookies, and

60\%

of them were gingerbread. How many gingerbread cookies did Jeffrey get?

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\_\_\_\_\_

gingerbread cookies

Convert to decimal: Step $1$ : Convert $60\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $60\% = \frac{60}{100} = 0.60$
Calculate gingerbread cookies: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of gingerbread cookies. $\newline$ Total cookies = $70$ $\newline$ Percent as decimal = $0.60$ $\newline$ Gingerbread cookies = $0.60 \times 70 = 42$

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