In hopes of encouraging healthier snacks at school, Hector brought in a tray of carrot sticks and apple slices to share. The tray had a total of $60$ snacks, of which $90\%$ were carrot sticks. How many carrot sticks did Hector bring? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ carrot sticks

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Q. In hopes of encouraging healthier snacks at school, Hector brought in a tray of carrot sticks and apple slices to share. The tray had a total of

60

snacks, of which

90\%

were carrot sticks. How many carrot sticks did Hector bring?

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carrot sticks

Convert to decimal: Step $1$ : Convert $90\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $90\% = \frac{90}{100} = 0.90$
Calculate carrot sticks: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of carrot sticks. $\newline$ Total snacks = $60$ $\newline$ Percentage as decimal = $0.90$ $\newline$ Number of carrot sticks = $0.90 \times 60 = 54$