In a local town, 27,000 families have incomes less then 20,000 per year. This number of families is 60% of the families that had this income level 12 years ago. What was the number of families who had income less then 20,000 per year 12 years ago?

Axel follows these steps to divide 40 by 9: start with 40. 1. divide by 9 and write down the remainder. 2. write a zero after the remainder. 3. repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have a remainder of zero. examine his work, and then complete the statements below.