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Mary ordered a set of green and blue pins. She received $55$ pins, and $60\%$ of them were green. How many green pins did Mary receive? $\newline$ $\_\_\_\_$ pins

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Percents of numbers: word problems

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Q. Mary ordered a set of green and blue pins. She received

55

pins, and

60\%

of them were green. How many green pins did Mary receive?

\newline

\_\_\_\_

pins

Convert to decimal: Step $1$ : Convert $60\%$ to a decimal. $\newline$ $60\% = \frac{60}{100} = 0.60$
Calculate green pins: Step $2$ : Calculate the number of green pins. $\newline$ Total pins = $55$ $\newline$ Percent as decimal = $0.60$ $\newline$ Green pins = $0.60 \times 55 = 33$

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