Question

There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29

were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to
the nearest tenth)

Answer 1

80.6% of the carpenters showed up.

Explanation:

Percent is basically part of the whole. You can solve this by dividing the part by the whole.

The part in this situation is how many carpenters showed up in that day which is 29 carpenters. The whole would be the total number of carpenters in the crew which is 36.

`(29)/(36) = 0.8056`

In percent form, we multiply that by 100%.

0.8056 x 100% = 80.56% or 80.6%