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Find Percent of a Number - Instruction - Level F

» On Sierra's softball team, 7 out of the 28 players bat left-handed. On Aubrey's team, 5 ou
the 25 players bat left-handed. Which team has a greater percent of left-handed batters
» What percent of the players on Sierra's team bat left-handed?
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% of the players

Answer 1

Question A:

Which team has a greater percent of left-handed batters?

Solution:

Sierra's team has a greater percentage of left-handed batsmen than Aubrey. Below is the work.

Aubrey's team: 5/25 left-handed batsmen

• => 5/25 x 100 = 1/5 x 100
• => 20%

Sierra's team: 7/28 left-handed batsmen

• => 7/28 x 100
• => 1/4 x 100
• => 25%

Hence, Sierra's team has a greater percentage of left-handed batsmen than Aubrey.

Question B:

What percent of the players on Sierra's team bat left-handed?

Solution:

25% of the players on Sierra's team are left-handed batsmen.

Below is the work.

• Sierra's team: 7/28 left-handed batsmen
• => 7/28 x 100
• => 1/4 x 100
• => 25%

Hence, 25% of the players on Sierra's team are left-handed batsmen.

Answer 2

Sierra's team has a greater percent of left-handed batters.

25% of Sierra's team bat left handed and 20% of Aubrey's team bat left handed.

Explanation:

Sierra: 7/28 = 1/4

1/4 written as a percentage is 25%

Aubrey: 5/25 = 1/5

1/5 written as a percentage is 20%

25% is greater than 20%, so Sierra's team has a greater percent of left-handed batters.

25% of Sierra's team bat left handed and 20% of Aubrey's team bat left handed.

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