Question

A cereal box says that now it contains 20% more. Originally, it came with 18.5 ounces of cereal. How much cereal does the box come with now?

Answer 1

Hi.

We can multiply 18.5 by 1.2 to get the answer.

I did this on paper & got 22.2 ounces.

Alternate way:

18.5 • 0.2

Add the product to 18.5.

Please do these calculations yourself. My multiplication maybe not be 100%, by my methods are.

Answer 2

Answer:

The new weight of cereals is $22.2$ ounces.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: the original weight of a cereals is $18.5$ ounces.

Now according to question,

New weight of cereals is $20\%$ more of original weight of cereals.

Therefore, New weight of cereals will be formulated as

$18.5 + 20\%\ {of}\ 18.5= 18.5 + (20\%\times 18.5)$

                             $= 18.5 + (\frac{20}{100}\times\frac{185}{10})\\ = 18.5 + (\frac{20\times185}{100\times10})\\ = 18.5 + \frac{3700}{1000}\\\\ = 18.5 + 3.7\\\\ = 22.2$

Hence, the new weight of cereals is $22.2$ ounces.

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