Question

Marie saved $3,000 dollars last year. She saved $600 in the month of January. What percent of the money she saved last year was saved during the month of January?

Answer 1

Hi there! :)

Answer:

20% of the money she saved last year was saved during the month of January.

Explanation:

Marie saved $3,000 last year.

She saved $600 in the month of January.

SO, Marie saved:
`(600)/(3,000)`

In order to answer your question, you'll need to use the cross product method (because you want to have a percentage, which is on 100 and not on 3,000 like we have right now):

`(600)/(3,000) = (x)/(100)`

(100 × 600) ÷ 3,000 = x

60,000 ÷ 3,000 = x

20 = x

There you go! I really hope this helped, if there's anything just let me know! :)

Answer 2

20% of the money was saved from January.

Here is the way to find percentage.

First: work out the difference (increase) between the two numbers you are comparing.

Increase = New Number - Original Number

Then: divide the increase by the original number and multiply the answer by 100.

% increase = Increase ÷ Original Number × 100.

Explanation: