Question

A store orders boxes of a new brand of cereal from their supplier. The suppier gives the store an additional 3% of the number of boxes ordered as free samples for customers. The store receives 1648 boxes in all. How many boxes of cereal did the store order?
103%________
1%___________
100%____________
The store ordered _________ boxes of cereal.
1648 / 1.03 = ?
Can you show how you came up with 1.03?
Ordered X boxes of cereal.
x + 0.03x = 1648,
1.03x = 1648,
X = 1648/1.03 =

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