SOLUTION: Last week Marie’s Mini Mart sold 419 bags of ice. This week a local heat wave caused the sale of bags of ice to increase by 66%. By how many bags did the sale of ice increase this

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Question 1083679: Last week Marie’s Mini Mart sold 419 bags of ice. This week a local heat wave caused the sale of bags of ice to increase by 66%. By how many bags did the sale of ice increase this week? What is the total number of bags of ice sold this week?
The sale of ice increased by ___bags.
The total number of bags of ice sold this week was
__bags.
*Round each answer to the nearest whole bag.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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419*.66=276.54=277 increase
Total number of bags 696.