Question

At Shannon's Pancake House there are 228 dirty coffee mugs and 247 clean coffee mugs. What percentage of the coffee mugs at the pancake house are dirty? Write your answer using a percent sign

Answer 1

48%

Explanation:

First, we need to add the amounts together to be able to see what percent of all the cups are dirty. (228 + 247 = 475). Now we can find one percent of 475 we can do this by moving the decimal point two to the left. (4.75). so If 4.75 is 1% we can multiply 4.75 until we get 228.

4.75 x 20 = 95.

4.75 x 40 = 190

4.75 x 45 = 213.75

4.75 x 50 = 237.5

4.75 x 48 = 228

Since every time we multiplied by 1 more we went up 1%. We multiplied by 48 so 48%.