Question

Harry needs £400 to buy a new computer. He has saved £160 so far. What percentage has Harry saved

Answer 1

160/400 divide by 2 = 80/200 = 40/100 = 20/50 = 10/25 = 2/5 and 2/5 as a percentage is 40%

Answer 2

He has £160 out of £400 saved up. Just rewrite that as a fraction and then there are two ways to finish it off.

The first way would be to just divide.

`(160)/(400)=.4`
Then turn that decimal into a percentage by multiplying by 100.

`.4(100)=40`
40%

The second way would be simplify the fraction until the denominator is 100. The numerator is your answer.

`(160)/(400)=(40)/(100)`
40%

Harry has saved 40%.