. A manufacturer states that a new box of crackers has 40% more crackers than their regular box, which contains 50 crackers. How many crackers are in the new box of crackers?
Accepted Solution
A:
The regular box has 50 crackers.
40% of 50 =
= 40% * 50
= 0.40 * 50
= 20
40% of 50 is 20, so the new box has 20 more crackers than the old box.