kitchen table math, the sequel: this one's fun

Thursday, December 20, 2007

this one's fun

During a sale, a bookstore sold 1/2 of all its books in stock. On the following day, the bookstore sold 4,000 more books. Now, only 1/10 of the books in stock before the sale are remaining in the store. How many books were in stock before the sale?
source:
SSAT & ISEE 2007 Edition Kaplan

p. 161


C. came pretty close to doing this one on his own.

Of course, close doesn't cut it on a standardized test.

I realize that.

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