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Savanna had 40 iris blooms last year. This year, she had 15% more iris blooms. How many more iris bl...
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Savanna had 40 iris blooms last year. This year, she had 15% more iris blooms. How many more iris blooms did savanna have this year?
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A:
Lets begin with an example.
You have 100 apples. 40 % of your apples are 40. Sounds complicated?
Here is the calculation in words, number of apples times 40 percentage.
By equation: 100 * 40/100= 40. Simple huh?
% symbol represents 100.
% 15 equals 15/100; 20% is equal to 20/100 or 1/5 in a simplified way.
Have a look to question. 40 iris at last year, 15 % MORE iris this year.
What is the 15 % of 40 iris? That's the question at the end.
Recall apple example at the beginning.
40 iris * 15/100 = 6.
So, there are 6 MORE iris blooms this year. This year Savanna has totally 46 iris.