Question

Maggie is participating in her school reading challenge. She reads 80 books in 6 months. If 40 of the books are fiction, then what percent of the books that she read are fiction?

Answer 1

Delete this already.

Answer 2

50%

Explanation:

*In this question, the 6 does not matter*

If 40/80 books are fiction, and if you simplify that fraction, you get 1/2.

Percentages are just fancy fractions and decimals. 50% means 1/2.

Thus, the answer is 50%