Question

There are 280 plants in Sabu’s garden. 70% of them are flowering. How many of them are flowering?

Answer 1

Hint: We are given that there is a total of 280 plants and we have to find the number of flowering plants that are given as 70%. That is, we will find 70% of 280 to calculate the number of flowering plants in Sabu’s garden.

Complete step by step Answer:

There is a total of 280 plants in Sabu’s garden.
And we are given that 70% of them are flowering.
We have to find the number of flowering plants in Sabu’s garden.
Hence, we will find 70% of 280 plants, which are flowering plants.
When a number is written as $x\% {\text{ of }}y$, then in fraction is written as $\dfrac{x}{{100}} \times y$
Hence, 70% of 280 can be written as $\dfrac{{70}}{{100}} \times 280$
Thus, the number of flowering plants will be
$\dfrac{{70}}{{100}} \times 280$
On simplifying the equation we will get,
$7 \times 28$
Next, when be multiply, we get, total plants as 196.
Hence, out of 280 plants, 196 are flowering plants.
Note: Total flowers present can be compared to 100% in percentage. Percentage is a number of ratio that denotes a fraction of 100. Hence, $x\% $ can be written as $\dfrac{x}{{100}}$. When it is written as $x\% {\text{ of }}y$, here of implies multiplication.