The circus had one performance at the Dewey Civic Center and one at the Atlantic Auditorium. The Dewey Civic Center has 1,600 seats. Tickets for 85% of the total number of seats were sold. how many tickets were sold?

85% of all seats

85% of 1600

2 ways

1. math

2. logic+math (easier)

1. math

85%=85/100=0.85

85% of 1600=0.85*1600=1360 seats sold

2. logic+math

85%=85 parts out of every 100

how many hundreds are ther in 1600?

16 of them

16*85=1360

answer is 1360 tickets were sold