Question

To celebrate the first day of school, Helen brought in a tray of caramel brownies and walnut brownies. She brought 88 brownies in all. 66 of the brownies were caramel. What percentage of the brownies were caramel?

Answer 1

To solve this problem, you have to find out what percentage 66 is of 88.

Step 1: Write down the total number of brownies, which is 88.

Step 2: Write down the number of caramel brownies, which is 66.

Step 3: Divide the number of caramel brownies by the total number of brownies. This gives the fraction of brownies that are caramel. The equation is 66 caramel brownies ÷ 88 total brownies.

Step 4: To convert this fraction to a percentage, multiply it by 100. Therefore, (66 ÷ 88) * 100.

Step 5: The solution to the equation in step 4 gives the percentage of caramel brownies. The answer to this equation is 75%.

Therefore, 75% of the brownies were caramel.