Question

A musical group sells hats at their concerts. After one concert, they sold 120 out

of 200 white hats and 210 out of 300 black hats. A greater percentage of which
color hats were sold?
Fill in the blanks to answer the question. Use the words and numbers in the box.
white black
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
The musical group sold
of the white hats and
of the black hats.
A greater percentage of
hats were sold.

Answer 1

60% of the white hats and 70% of the black hats.

A greater percentage of Black

hats were sold.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: The musical group sold 60%of the white hats and 70%of the black hats.

A greater percentage of black hats were sold.

Explanation:

Hi, to answer this question we have to divide the number of hats sold by the number of total hats for each case.

Then, we have to multiply that result by 100, to obtain the result in percentage form.

Mathematically speaking:

• White Hats: (120/200) x 100 =60%
• Black hats: (210/300) x 100= 70%

The musical group sold 60%of the white hats and 70%of the black hats.

A greater percentage of black hats were sold. (Since 70 > 60 )

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