Question

The drama club needs to sell 50 tickets to the school play. So far, they have sold 9 tickets. What percent of their target have they sold? Enter your answer in the box .

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Answer 1

18%

Explanation:

FIrst set up a fraction so that later we can convert that into a percentage:

9/50

9 represents the number of tickets sold and the 50 represents the total

We divide numerator by denominator.

9/50 =

0.18

We multiply by 100 to get our percentage and we get 18%

Answer 2

18%

Explanation:

9/50 = 0.18 and 0.18 is 18% in percentage form