Question

Artie needs to save $450 to buy the new bicycle that he wants. He currently has $300. What percent of the cost of a new bicycle has he saved? Claire decides that to solve this problem by dividing to get the percent. What should she do?

Answer 1

Artie needs to save $450 to buy the new bicycle that he wants. He currently has $300. What percent of the cost of a new bicycle has he saved? Claire decides that to solve this problem by dividing to get the percent. What should she do?

300 is 66.67% of 450.
If Claire wants to find the solution she should

Step I. Divide 300 by 450


`(300)/(450)`

Step II. Multiply both numerator & denominator by 100


`(300)/(450) * (100)/(100) = (66.67)/(100) =66.67`%


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