Mrs Wong bought some flour. She used 3 over 8 of it to bake some cakes and kept the rest. What percentage of the flour did she keep?

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She kept
$1-(3)/(8)=(5)/(8)\cdot100\%=62,5\%$

Skhurams answered Apr 16, 2017

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Is she used 3/8, that means she kept 5/8 of it. So just find what 5/8 is as a percentage.

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Jhericks answered Apr 21, 2017

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