Bob's Gift Shop sold 550 cards for Mother's Day. One salesman, Zachary, sold 2% of the cards sold for Mother's Day. How many cards did Zachary sell?

Answer 1

To find out how many cards Zachary sold, we can calculate 2% of the total number of cards sold for Mother's Day, which is 550.

First, we convert 2% to a decimal by dividing by 100:

$$2$$

Next, we multiply the total number of cards by the decimal value of 2%:

$$\text{Cards sold by Zachary}=550\times 0.02$$

Now, performing the multiplication:

$$550\times 0.02=11$$

Therefore, Zachary sold 11 cards.