{"id":228665,"date":"2025-06-07T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=228665"},"modified":"2025-06-07T13:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T13:05:09","slug":"kipphalifax-halifax-college-prep-public-schools-name-date-pride-of-college-16-a-library-has-12500-fiction-books-and-19000-nonfiction-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/07\/kipphalifax-halifax-college-prep-public-schools-name-date-pride-of-college-16-a-library-has-12500-fiction-books-and-19000-nonfiction-books\/","title":{"rendered":"KIPP:Halifax Halifax College Prep Public Schools Name: Date: Pride of College: 16. A library has 12,500 fiction books and 19,000 nonfiction books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KIPP:Halifax Halifax College Prep Public Schools Name: Date: Pride of College: 16. A library has 12,500 fiction books and 19,000 nonfiction books. \\textbullet Currently, 2\/5 of the fiction books are checked out. \\textbullet Currently, 2\/5 of the nonfiction books are checked out. \\textbullet Of the books checked out, 1\/10 are due back this week. How many books are due this week? 12500 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1,250 books<\/strong> are due this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step-by-Step Explanation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are given a problem involving the total number of fiction and nonfiction books in a library, and we need to find how many of the <strong>checked-out books<\/strong> are due back <strong>this week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s break it down:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Total Books:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fiction books:<\/strong> 12,500<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nonfiction books:<\/strong> 19,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Books Currently Checked Out:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>2\/5<\/strong> of fiction books are checked out:<br>25\u00d712,500=5,000\\frac{2}{5} \\times 12,500 = 5,00052\u200b\u00d712,500=5,000 fiction books checked out<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2\/5<\/strong> of nonfiction books are checked out:<br>25\u00d719,000=7,600\\frac{2}{5} \\times 19,000 = 7,60052\u200b\u00d719,000=7,600 nonfiction books checked out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Total Books Checked Out:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fiction: 5,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nonfiction: 7,600<br><strong>Total checked out = 5,000 + 7,600 = 12,600 books<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Books Due Back This Week:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We are told that <strong>1\/10<\/strong> of all checked-out books are due back this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>110\u00d712,600=1,260\\frac{1}{10} \\times 12,600 = 1,260101\u200b\u00d712,600=1,260<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, <strong>1,260 books<\/strong> are due back this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Important Note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the problem text initially lists <strong>12,500 fiction books<\/strong>, it seems there\u2019s a typo or formatting issue in the line that ends with \u201c12500 17.\u201d However, based on the context and given data, the calculation assumes the correct numbers of 12,500 fiction and 19,000 nonfiction books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct number of books due back this week is <strong>1,260<\/strong>. This is found by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calculating how many books are checked out (2\/5 of each category),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adding them together,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then finding 1\/10 of that total to determine how many are due this week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner7-306.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228666\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KIPP:Halifax Halifax College Prep Public Schools Name: Date: Pride of College: 16. A library has 12,500 fiction books and 19,000 nonfiction books. \\textbullet Currently, 2\/5 of the fiction books are checked out. \\textbullet Currently, 2\/5 of the nonfiction books are checked out. \\textbullet Of the books checked out, 1\/10 are due back this week. 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