Question

The number 85% is equivalent to the fraction 85/ 100 . Pablo spelled 21 out of 25 words correctly on his spelling test. Is this more or less than 85% of the words?

Answer 1

it is less than 85% because 85% of 25 is 21.25

Answer 2

It is less than 85% of the words.

Explanation:

We have been given that Pablo spelled 21 out of 25 words correctly on his spelling test. We are asked to determine, whether it is more or less than 85% of the words.

Let us find 21 is what percent of 25 as shown below:

`\text{Percentage of words spelled}=(21)/(25)* 100`

`\text{Percentage of words spelled}=21* 4`

`\text{Percentage of words spelled}=84`

Since the percentage of words spelled is 84%, therefore, it is less than 85% of the words.