Question

Chris lost 4 of the 10 dollar bills that his parents gave him for his birthday. What percentage of his dollar bills did he lose?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Percentages are always out of 100 and can be illustrated by fractions.

`(4)/(10)`
`(x)/(100)`

To find out x, you multiply 100x4 then divide by 10.

This leaves us with
`(40)/(100)`

Which is also 40%.