Kori bought 56 boxes of tiles from the home improvement store, which was es 4/7 of the total number of boxes that they had. How many boxes of tiles did the store have?
The total number of boxes the store has is 98 boxes of tiles. This is computed by dividing 56 by 4/7, or simply multiply 56 by 7 which is equal to 392. Then 392 will be divided by 4 which will give us 98 boxes.
Answer:
98 boxes
Step-by-step explanation:
If 56 is \(\frac{4}{7}\) of the total, we can set up an equation like this:
\(56=\frac{4}{7}*T\)
Where T is the total number of boxes.
Solving for T gives us the answer:
\(56=\frac{4}{7}T\\T=\frac{56}{\frac{4}{7}}\\T=56*\frac{7}{4}\\T=98\)
There were 98 boxes in total.