Question

Daniel collected 120 sports cards. Fifty-five of the cards are baseball cards . About what percent of the cards are baseball cards? Round to the nearest percent

Answer 1

To find the percentage, divide 55/120, then move the decimal 2 places to the right
.458333
45.83%

Answer 2

To find the percentage (or probability) of something, we have to take the selected amount over the total number.

Therefore, our fraction or percentage is 55/120, which when divided equals 0.4583.

Rounded to the nearest percentage, this would be approximately 46%.