Question

Aidan is running for student body president. In today’s election, he received 462 votes out of a total of 825 votes cast. What percent of votes did Aidan get?

Answer 1

56% of the votes

Explanation:

Divide 462 by 825 to get a decimal number. Then multiply the answer by 100 to get a percentage. (This moves the decimal over 2 to the right)

Answer 2

56%

Explanation:

votes received/total votes = %

462/825 = 0.596 = 56%