Bob's Gift Shop sold 200 cards for Mother's Day. One salesman, Bao, sold 2% of the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards did Bao sell?

Question

Divide/scale down to solve for the missing percent.
cards
percent
2
200
100

Answer 1

Bao sold 2% of 200 cards, so he sold (2/100) * 200 = 4 cards.

Therefore, Bao sold 4 cards for Mother's Day.