Question

Jenny has a full bag of jelly beans. She takes out all 16 of the red ones which is 32% of the total number of jelly beans in the bag. What is the total number of jelly beans that Jenny started with in the bag??

Answer 1

32% of x =16
$\frac{32}{100} x = 16$
$x = 16 \div \frac{32}{100}$
$x = 50$