Question

Beth participated in a free throw contest. She took 10 shots, and she made 6 of them.

Beth wants to know how to describe the number of baskets she made.

Answer 1

6:10 is the ratio

Explanation:

as a fraction it would be 6/10

as a decimal it would be 0.60 or 0.6

and she made 60% of her shots

Answer 2

Beth made 60% of her shots.

Explanation:

Given:

Total shots take = 10

Total goal = 6

Find:

Best describer this number.

Computation:

Converting goal numbers into percentage:

⇒ Total goal percentage = [Total goal/Total shots take]100

⇒ Total goal percentage = [6/10]100

⇒ Total goal percentage = 60%

Beth made 60% of her shots.