Question

Mai spent $9 on fruit at the grocery store. She spent a total of $15 at the store. What percentage of the total did she spend on fruit?

Answer 1

Mai spent 60% of her total spending on fruit

Explanation:

To find the percentage of the total spent on fruit, we can divide the amount spent on fruit by the total amount paid and multiply by 100 to express the answer as a percentage.

First, let's find the amount spent on things other than fruit: $15 total spent - $9 spent on fruit = $6 spent on other things.

Next, we divide the amount spent on fruit by the total amount spent: $9 on fruit / $15 total spent = 0.6.

Finally, we multiply by 100 to express the answer as a percentage: 0.6 * 100 = 60%.

So Mai spent 60% of her total spending on fruit.