Question

3 out of 25 cookies are oatmeal . What percent of oatmeal are not oatmeal

Answer 1

88%

Explanation:

1) 25-3=22 not oatmeal

2) proportion: 22/25 = x/100

cross multiply and divide

22x100 = 2200

2200/25 = 88

88%

Answer 2

88%

Explanation:

You can do this pretty easily because percent is just decimals where the decimal is moved 2 units to the right.

Since the base is 25, and 3 of them are oatmeal, you can multiply by 4/4 to get a base of 100, to make this a lot easier.

3 / 25 = x / 100

3 x 4 = 12

12/100 are oatmeal.

Since you don't want the oatmeal, you subtract 100 by 12 to find the remaining of 88.