Question

George has 245 cards in his baseball card collection. Of these, 85 of the cards are pitchers. What percent of the cards are pitchers?

Answer 1

17/49 or about 34.7%

Explanation:

George has 85 cards out of 245 cards that are pitchers. Whever you hear "out of", it means to divide.

85/245 are pitchers.

you can simplify since 5 fits in both of those numbers

5*17=85

5*49=245

So, 17/49 or about 34.7%