15% of a number is 30. What is the number?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: Write , so . Step 2. . **Answer: . Why not the others:** takes 15% of 30 instead of reversing it; adds the numbers; rounds the quotient wrongly.
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