Question

rachel bought cupcakes for her sisters birthday party. 25% of the 84 cupcakes had sprinkles on top. how many cupcakes had sprinkles? cupcakes submit

Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

25% can be written as $0.25$ (since to convert a percentage to a decimal, we divide by 100, so $25\div100 = 0.25$).

Step2: Multiply by total number of cupcakes

We need to find 25% of 84, so we multiply 84 by 0.25. The calculation is $84\times0.25$. Let's compute that: $84\times0.25=\frac{84}{4}=21$ (because 25% is the same as $\frac{1}{4}$, so dividing 84 by 4 gives the result).

Answer:

21