SOLUTION: One-twelfth of all sales at the diner is for cash. If cash sales for the week were $240 what were the total sales?

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Question 311384: One-twelfth of all sales at the diner is for cash. If cash sales for the week were $240 what were the total sales?
Answer by Miceandwine(15) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/12 of all sales at the diner is in cash. If cash sales for the week were $240 what were the total sales?
Well, if 240 was 1/12 of the total sales, then we just have to add 240 twelve times!
240+240+240+240+240+240+240+240+240+240+240+240=2,880
(Or I could've just done 240*12)
And that's your number! $2,880.