Question

Jessie has 5 dogs. 2 of them are male and 3 of them are female. What percent of the dogs are male?

Answer 1

Given

Jessie has 5 dogs

2 are male

3 are female

Procedure

What percent of the dogs are male?

Male dogs

`\frac{2\text{males}}{5\text{ total}}=0.4=40\text{ \%}`

40 % of dogs are male