A cotton candy vendor has 8 blue cones of cotton candy to sell. If the blue cotton candy is 25% of the total number of cones, how many total cotton candy cones does he have?
think of it this way... if 25% of 100 is 1/4 that means 1/4 = 8 cotton candies to find the total you multiply 8x4 to get 32 there are 32 cotton candy cones
We know that 25% is the same thing as one-fourth (1/4). Since 8 cones is 1/4 of the entire amount of cones, you would multiply 8 by 4, much like the other question you asked.
