Chapter 6.2, Problem 10GP

To determine

Calculate the number of exercises completed.

Answer to Problem 10GP

The number of exercise completed is $12$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

It is given in the question that jasmine has finished $30\%$ of the exercises on her homework and the total number of exercises is $40$ .

Concept Used:

In this, use the concept of thinking % as $\frac{1}{100}$ and ‘of’ is multiplication here.

Calculation: Here, $30\%of40$ of the exercises completed.

  $\begin{array}{l}30\%=\frac{30}{100}\\ 30\%of40=\frac{30}{100}\times 40\\ =12\end{array}$

Conclusion:

The number is $12$ .