Question

If Carl made a pizza with 12 slices and ate 5 of them, what percentage of the pizza did he eat?

Answer 1

Carl ate 42% of the pizza.

Explanation:

Since there are 12 pieces total and Carl ate 5, you would take the 5 and divide it by 12. The answer to that is 0.41666. Then you would multiply that by 100. Your answer then becomes 41 2/3. This answer can be rounded to 42. Carl ate 42% of the pizza.

Answer 2

41.67%

Explanation:

Since Carl ate only 5 out of the lossible 12 slices, when expressed in percentage we get it that Carl ate percentage equivalent to
`\frac {5}{12}* 100=41.66666666666667\approx 41.67`

Rounded off, this is approximately 41.67% or to the nearest interger being 42%