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Riley ordered a set of purple and green pins. She received $10$ pins, and $40\%$ of them were purple. How many purple pins did Riley receive? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_$ pins

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Q. Riley ordered a set of purple and green pins. She received

10

pins, and

40\%

of them were purple. How many purple pins did Riley receive?

\newline

\_\_\_\_

pins

Identify total pins: Step $1$ : Identify the total number of pins and the percentage that are purple. $\newline$ Total pins = $10$ $\newline$ Percentage of purple pins = $40\%$ $\newline$ Calculation: $(\text{Total pins}) \times (\text{Percentage of purple pins}) / 100$ $\newline$ $10 \times 40 / 100 = 4$

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