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James bought 12 cookies and ate 3 of them. He ate ____% of the cookies.

User Darijan
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12 - 3 = 9
So there are 9/12 cookies left.
So then John ate 3/12 cookies.
3/12 = 1/4
Convert into a decimal. .
1/4 = 0.25
0.25 = 25%
So, James bought 12 cookies and ate 3 of them. He ate 25% of the cookies.

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