Question

A bakery sold 12 vanilla cupcakes in a day, which was 6% of the total number of cupcakes sold that day. How many total cupcakes did the bakery sell that day?
Answer
Attempt 1 out of 3

Answer 1

To find the total number of cupcakes sold that day, we will first calculate what 6% of the total is equal to in terms of 12 cupcakes.

Let x be the total number of cupcakes sold that day.

So, 6% of x is equal to 12 cupcakes:
0.06x = 12

To solve for x, divide both sides by 0.06:
x = 12 / 0.06
x = 200

Therefore, the bakery sold a total of 200 cupcakes that day.