Question

At a construction job for a theater, there are 30 painters. Of these painters, 24 of them are painting the interior of the theater. What percent of these painters are painting the interior?

Answer 1

80%

Explanation:

Let's do this

So they are asking "What percent of these painters are painting the interior?"

So use this formula-

Second number mentioned/First number mentioned*100

As it says "What percent of these painters are painting the interior?" , the interior number is the second number and the total painters is the first number mentioned.

So let's put the values-

24/30*100=80%

The answer is 80%.

Answer 2

80 percent of the workers are painting the interior

Explanation:

24 of 30 is 80 percent