Question

There are 239 cars in the parking lot. Of those cars, 27% are blue. About how many cars are blue?

Answer 1

If there are 239 cars in total and 27% are blue we need to multiply the decimal form of the percent by the total.

Explanation:

239 times .27 (27% converted to a decimal is .27 because we move the decimal point to the right two times which gives us .27)

239 x

.27 (2) [How many decimal spaces inward the point is)

1673 +

4730

6453 (2) [Now move teh decimal point inwards twice]

Which equals:

64.53

Now to round it (because there are no fractions of cars)

we get 65 in total because it is above 50 which takes us to teh next ten, hundred, thousand, and so on.

The answer is 65

65 cars are blue out of the 239

Answer 2

65 cars are blue

Explanation:

To find the number of blue cars, take the total number of cars and multiply by the percent that are blue

239 * 27%

239 * .27

64.53

Rounding to the nearest whole car

65