Question

A shopkeeper purchased 650 pencils. He found that 12% of them were broken. How many pencils were found broken?​

Answer 1

Answer :

• The total no. of pencils that the shopkeeper purchased = 650 pencils
• Total no. of broken pencils = 12%

We have to find the total no. of pencils that were found broken.

According to the Question now :

⇒ No. of broken pencils = 12% × 650

⇒ No. of broken pencils = (12/100) × 650

⇒ No. of broken pencils = 7,800/100

⇒ No. of broken pencils = 780/10

⇒ No. of broken pencils = 78

• Hence,the total no. of pencils that were found broken is 78.

Answer 2

Given:-

$\bigstar$A shopkeeper purchased 650 pencils. He found that 12% of them were broken.

To Find:-

$\bigstar$How many pencils were found broken?

Solution:-

$\bigstar$We are given that A shopkeeper purchased 650 pencils.He found that 12% of them were broken. To find that how many pencils were found broken, We have to multiply 650 with 12%.

$\\\longmapsto{ \underline{ \boxed{ \sf{ \purple \star{ \:Total \: No \: of \: Broken \: pencil = No \: of \: pencil × No \: of \: pencil \: brokend \: \purple\star}}}}}$

$\bigstar$Here for calculation we can write 12% as;

$\\ \longmapsto \sf\: Total \: No \: of \: Broken \: pencil = \tt \: 650 \times \frac{12}{100}$

$\\ \longmapsto \sf\: Total \: No \: of \: Broken \: pencil = \tt \: 65 \times \frac{12}{10}$

$\\ \longmapsto \sf\: Total \: No \: of \: Broken \: pencil = \tt \: 65 \times 1.2$

$\\ \longmapsto \sf\: Total \: No \: of \: Broken \: pencil = \tt \: 78$

$\:$

$\bigstar$Hence, 78 pencils were found broken.