Question

The are 25 pieces of fruit in a bowl and 16 of them are pears. What percentage of the pieces of fruit in the bowl are pears

Answer 1

64% of the fruit are pears.

Explanation:

We are told that there are 25 pieces of fruit and 16 of which are pears; therefore, the percentage of the fruit pieces that are pears are

`(16)/(25)*100`
`=0.64*100=64\%`

Hence, 64% of the fruit are pears.