Question

Mary made 12 bracelets. 9 of those bracelets are the color blue.

What percent of bracelets are blue?

Answer 1

75%

Explanation:

We know that Mary made twelve bracelets and also that nine of them are blue, we are then asked to find the percentage of the bracelets that are blue.

To solve, first get a fraction of how many of the bracelets are blue. Since there are twelve in total, 12 will be our denominator, and since 9 are blue, 9 will be our numerator.

`(9)/(12)`

Now to turn this into a percentage, we need to reduce this fraction to the lowest we can. Both numerator and denominator are divisible by 3, so do as followed :

`(9/3)/(12/3)`

`(3)/(4)`

Divide 3 by 4 :

`3/4 = 0.75`

Multiply 0.75 by 100 to get our percentage :

`0.75 * 100 = 75`%

Answer 2

75% of the bracelets are blue