Question

In a class of 240 students, each student got sweets that are 15% of the total number of students.
How many sweets were there?

• A. 3000
• B. 3125
• C. 8640
• D. Cannot be determined
• E. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C 8640

Number of sweets received by each student = 15% of 240
$\frac{15\times 240}{100}=36$
$\therefore$ Total number of sweets
=$240\times 36=8640$