Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones, which make up 60% of his collection.How many toy cars does Samuel have?toy cars
Q. Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones, which make up 60% of his collection.How many toy cars does Samuel have?toy cars
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We know that 27 red toy cars make up 60% of Samuel's collection. We need to find the total number of toy cars in his collection.
Write as decimal: Write 60% as a decimal.60%=10060=0.60
Set up equation: Set up the equation to find the total number of toy cars.Let the total number of toy cars be T.According to the problem, 60% of T equals 27.So, 0.60×T=27
Solve for T: Solve for T.Divide both sides of the equation by 0.60 to isolate T.T=0.6027
Calculate total: Calculate the total number of toy cars.T=0.6027=45
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