Cathy recorded the percent of her clothing that is Red, Yellow, Blue, or Orange. The results are shown in the table. If Cathy has 145 pieces of clothing, how many pieces of Yellow clothing does she own? Red10%Yellow20%Blue50%Orange20%
there are 145 total pieces . you must first convert 20% to a decimal by placing a decimal point two places from the right. 20% = .20 then you mulitiply 145 x .20 = 29 So, Cathy owns 29 pieces of yellow clothing.
