Question

18. At my son's birthday party, we had a piñata that we filled with 140 pieces of candy. If there were 42 Hershey

chocolate bars, what percent of the candy was Hershey chocolate bars?
19. On a recent test, there were 15 multiple-choice questions and 25 fill-in-the-blank problems. What percent of
the problems were fill-in-the-blank problems? (Hint: How many problems were on the entire test.)

Answer 1

18. 30%
19. 62.5

Because it is

Answer 2

18. 30%

19. 62.5%

Explanation:

42/140 mult by 100 30%

25 + 15 = 40

25/40 mult by 100 62.5%