Math word Problem Help.?

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i need help on my math problam and i need help right away. the word problem is:
sugar-free gum contains 40% less calories than regular gum. If a piece of regular gum contains 40 calories, how may calories does a piece of sugar-free gum contain?

saxman · Accepted Answer

40*.4=16
40-16=24 calories

Caleb · Answer

The answer is "The piece of sugar-free gum contains 24 calories"

A.R. · Answer

do 40/100 *40 = 16 because it is 40 percent of 40 calories.

40-16=24 calories

Bulbasaurus · Answer

If something is 40% smaller, you just subtract 40%.

So 40% of 40 calories is 16: you do this by multiplying 40 by 0.4.

The answer would be 40 - 16 = 24

A shorter way would just be to multiply by 40 by 0.6, since that's 1-0.4.

Anonymous · Answer

40% of 40 is 16  so..........40-16=24...sugar-free gum has 24 calories

material_girl678 · Answer

24 calories.
you just multiply 40 with .60 since thats the amount that will be left.

xanadu625 · Answer

24 calories
40 *.4=16
40-16=24

Anonymous · Answer

Amount of flour to make 3 loaves of bread = 5lb Amount of flour to make 1 loaf of bread = 5/3 Amount of flour to make 5 loaves of bread = 5/3*5 = 8.33lb.

Allie · Answer

36 calories

malarvizhi · Answer

40x[60/100] =24 calories

60% because it is 40% less

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