Question

1. 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). 2. Donovan took a math test and got 35 correct and 10 incorrect answers. What was the percentage of CORRECT answers? (Round to the nearest hundredth).

Answer 1

1. 29 divided by 36 multiplied by 100 = 80% showed up to work.

2. 35 plus 10 = 45 total answers. 35 divided by 45 multiplied by 100 = 78% were correct answers.