Question

at a movie theater, the small bag of popcorn holds 8 cups of popcorn. the large bag holds 50% more than that. how much popcorn does the large bag hold? 150% is the same as 100% + 50%. you already know the value of 100%, so start by finding the value of 50% of 8 on the double number line. popcorn (cups) 0 8? 0% 50% 100% 150%

Explanation:

Step1: Find 50% of 8

To find 50% of a number, we can calculate \( 0.5 \times 8 \).
\( 0.5 \times 8 = 4 \)

Step2: Add to original amount

The large bag holds 100% (which is 8 cups) plus 50% (which we found is 4 cups). So we add these two amounts: \( 8 + 4 = 12 \)

Answer:

The large bag holds 12 cups of popcorn.