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What percent of the boxes have x's in them

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It is a 4 by 8 grid. So there are 32 squares total.
Now, count how many x's are on the boxes.
I counted 14 x'ed boxes.
Divide 14 by 32
14/32=0.4375
Now convert to a percent. Move the decimal two places to the left.
You get 43.75% as the answer.
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There are 32 total boxes. Only 14 of the boxes in the grid have an x inside of the box. We can find what percent of the boxes have an x in them by making a fraction.
(14)/(32) represents the number of boxes that have an x in them out of all the boxes in the grid.


(14)/(32) can be reduced to
(7)/(16) by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 14 and 32 which is 2.

7 ÷ 16 = 0.4375

0.4375 × 100 = 43.75%

Therefore, 43.75% of the boxes have an x inside of them.

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