Question

At the craft store, Elena bought a bag of purple and blue marbles. She received 19 purple marbles and 6 blue marbles. What percentage of the marbles were purple? were purple?

Answer 1

She received 19 purple and 6 blue marbles, so the total number of marbles is 19 + 6 = 25

Percentage of purple marbles = 100 * 19/25 = 1900/25 = 76%

Percentage of blue marbles = 100 * 6/25 = 600/25 = 24%

Answer:

Percentage of purple marbles = 76%

Percentage of blue marbles = 24%