Question

at an animal shelter there are 15 dogs 12 cats 3 snakes and 5 parakeets. what percent of the number of cats is the number of snakes

Answer 1

percentage of cats

`(# animals)/(#cats) = (100)/(?)`

`(35)/(12)= (100)/(?)`
**cross multiply 12 and 100 which is 1200
**divide 35 into 1200
the answer is 34.3% when rounded

percentage of snakes

`(# animals)/(#snakes) = (100)/(?)`
**cross multiply 3 and 100 which is 300
**divide 35 into 300

`(35)/(3)= (100)/(?)`
the answer is 8.57%