A baker baked some loaves of bread. 240 loaves were sold by the end of the day. The baker was then left with 9/25 of the number of loaves that were baked. How many loaves of bread did the baker bake on that day?

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9 July, 08:08

A baker baked some loaves of bread. 240 loaves were sold by the end of the day. The baker was then left with 9/25 of the number of loaves that were baked. How many loaves of bread did the baker bake on that day?

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Ingrid Oneal · Answer 1

In this case, 16/25=240 loaves that he sold

25/25 is how many loaves he started with, and 9/25 is what he now has

16/25 = 240

divide bothe sides by the numerator (16) to get what 1/25 of his loaves equal

1/25=15

multiply both sides by 25

the baker started with 375