Question

A bakery sells chocolate cupcakes and mocha cupcakes. One day it sold 162 chocolate and 138 mocha. What percent of the cupcakes sold that day were chocolate?

Answer 1

Answer is 54% of chocolate cupcakes sold

Step by step

We know we have 162 chocolate cupcakes out of a total of 300 ( 162 + 138)

162 / 300 = 54% of chocolate cupcakes sold

Check your work

Find how many mocha cupcakes

138 / 300 = 46% of mocha cupcakes sold

46% + 54% = 100%