Question

Bruce's Cafe offers two kinds of espresso: single-shot and double-shot. Yesterday afternoon, the cafe sold 57 single-shot espressos and 38 double-shot espressos. What percentage of the espressos sold were single-shot?

Write your answer using a percent sign (%).

Answer 1

Answer: 60%

Explanation:

In order to find the percentage, we need to find the sum of the espressos ordered.

57 + 38 = 95

95 will be our denominator, and since we are trying to find the percentage of the single-shot, our numerator is going to be 57 because that is how many sold.

57 / 95

Now we can divide 57 by 95 to get the percent of single shot espressos to get an answer of 60%