Question

In a pnd, there are 56 fish, 12 of them are red. what percent are red

Answer 1

In a pond there are 56 fish.

12 of the fish in the pond are red that means that 44 of the fish are not red.

We can use the fraction
`(12)/(56)` to represent the 12 red fish out of all the fish together.

`(12)/(56)` can be reduced by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor of 12 and 56.
`(12)/(56)` reduced is
`(3)/(14)`.

3 ÷ 14 = 0.21428571428571

0.21428571428571 × 100 = 21.428571428571%

Therefore, 21.428571428571% of the fish are red.