Question

A students cost for last semester at her community college was 2100 she spent 231 of that on books what percent of last semesters college costs was spent on books

Answer 1

Answer: 11%

Work Shown:

Divide the two amounts, smaller over bigger, to get

231/2100 = 0.11

Then move the decimal point over two spots to the right to get to 11%

Note how 11% of 2100 = 0.11*2100 = 231.