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12-10-2019
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Maggie is participating in her school reading challenge. She reads 40 books in 6 months. If 26 of the books are fiction, what percent of the books that she read are non-fiction.

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12-10-2019

Answer: 35%

1. 26 fiction books divided by all 40 books equals 65% fiction books.

2. Then do 100% - 65% to get 35%

OR

1. All 40 books minus 26 fiction books
= 14 nonfiction books.

2. Do 14 divided by 40 to get 0.35, = 35%

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