Question

A student's cost for last semester at her community college was $2800. She spent $308 of that on books. What percent of last semester's college costs was spent on

books?
% of last semester's college costs was spent on books.

Answer 1

You want to divide the cost of the books by the total costs.

308/2800 = 0.11

You then need to convert 0.11 to a percent: 0.11 = 11%

Therefore, 11% of her costs last semester were spent on books.

That’s too much!