Question

There are 1,250 cars at an automobile dealer. If 73% of the cars are a color that is not white, about how many of the cars are white?

Answer 1

About `310` cars are white

Explanation:

The key word to note here is "about". This implies that we do not need an exact, accurate answer, just an estimate.

`73%` is very close to `75%` which is `3/4`

So if `3/4` of the cars are not white, it means about `1/4` are white.

TO find `1/4` of `1250`, just divide by 4.

`1250 div 4 = 312.5`

About `310` cars, to the nearest 5 are white.