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Jasmine has 50 marbles in a bag. 20% of the marbles are blue. How many marbles are not blue? Explain how you found your answer.

Respuesta :

Answer:

20% of 50 marbles is 1 fifth of the marbles in the bag. so 50 marbles divided by 5 =10 blue marbles

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

WOW, that's a lot of points!!

To find the answer for this problem, you take 80% of 50.

In the bag, 20% of the marbles are blue. That means that the rest of the 80% are not blue. So, take 0.8 * 50 = 40. 40 marbles that are not blue.