Question

Samantha wants to buy art supplies that cost $36 she has $9 saved so far what percent of the cost of the art supplies does Samantha have saved

Answer 1

To calculate the percentage you have to do as follows:

Cross multiplication:

$36______100%

$9_______x

Multiply 9 by 100 and divide it by 36

`(9\cdot100)/(36)=25`

She saved 25% of the total cost of the art supplies.