For a company picnic, Liam ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. The box included a total of 75 cookies, and 68% of them were gingerbread. How many gingerbread cookies did Liam get?

Answer 1

To find out how many gingerbread cookies Liam ordered, we will start by calculating 68% of the total number of cookies.

1. Total Cookies: 75
2. Percentage of Gingerbread Cookies: 68%

To find the number of gingerbread cookies, we can calculate:

\[ \text{Number of Gingerbread Cookies} = \text{Total Cookies} \times \left(\frac{\text{Percentage}}{100}\right) \]

Substituting the numbers into the formula:

\[ \text{Number of Gingerbread Cookies} = 75 \times \left(\frac{68}{100}\right) \]

Calculating this:

\[ \text{Number of Gingerbread Cookies} = 75 \times 0.68 = 51 \]

Thus, Liam ordered 51 gingerbread cookies.