Question

PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!!! Can you calculate problems involving percent?

Answer 1

Answer: Yes.

Step-by-step explanation: Convert it to a decimal. Percent means per 100. So if you have 50% the decimal form is .5 since you divide 50 by 100. 5% would be .05 etc

Answer 2

Answer: yes

Explanation:

For problem involving percentage,

Stwp 1. first you add all the values together to get a total value.

Step 2. To get the percentage of a particular datum to the whole data you divide the value of that datum by the total value gotten from step one above and multiply your answer by 100

Example: in a class of 60 boys and 80 girls, what percentage of the class are boys?

Step 1: total people in class is 60 + 80 = 140

Step 2. Percentage of boys = 60/140 x 100% = 42.85%

I hope this helps.