Question

There are 100 cookies and 80 brownies on a dessert table at a restaurant. Of these desserts, 12 cookies and 24 brownies contain nuts. What percentage of these desserts contain nuts?

Answer 1

20%

Explanation:

Total number of desserts: 100 + 80 = 180

Number of desserts that contain nuts: 12 + 24 = 36

What percentage is 36 of 180?

To find what percentage a part is of the whole, divide the part by the whole and multiply by 100%.

percent = 36/180 * 100% = 0.2 * 100% = 20%

Answer: 20%