Question

At Maria's birthday party, she had 7 chocolate cupcakes, 9 vanilla cupcakes, and

14 strawberry cupcakes. What percentage of the cupcakes at Maria's birthday
party were vanilla cupcakes? Hint: Create your fraction FIRST then convert to
percent

Answer 1

30 percent

Explanation:

In a percentage, you first need a fraction. A fraction has 1) a part, and 2) the whole.

`(part)/(whole)`

At her birthday party, she had 7 chocolate cupcakes, 9 vanilla cupcakes, and

14 strawberry cupcakes. In total, when you add 7 + 9 + 14, you get 30

cupcakes in total.

So, the whole is 30.

The question asks for vanilla cupcakes, so the part is 9 vanilla cupcakes.

Now, you have your fraction.
`(9)/(30)`

Next, to convert to a percent, you first need to divide.

9 ÷ 30 = 0.3.

To covert to a percent, you can multiply 0.3 × 100 = 30.

So the percentage of the cupcakes at Maria's birthday party that were vanilla cupcakes is 30.