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A small bakery in Delhi employs 20 workers. 40% of them are pastry chefs and the rest are assistants. How many assistants work at the bakery?

easy 1 mark Class 6 · Social and Political Life · Urban Livelihoods
Answer
12

The correct answer is 12 — Thus, 12 assistants work at the bakery.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Compute the number of pastry chefs: .
  2. Subtract pastry chefs from total workers to get assistants: .
  3. Thus, 12 assistants work at the bakery.
Common mistake: Treating 40% of 20 as non‑integer or mis‑calculating the subtraction

Concept tested: Basic percentage in urban livelihoods

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