Question

Mrs. Pruitt carves children's toys out of wood and sells them through an online store. Last week, she sold 6 cars, 3 fire trucks, 9 trains, 6 tractors, and 6 helicopters. The helicopters take the longest to carve. What percent of the toy sales were helicopters? %

Answer 1

Ans:- To determine the percentage of toy sales that were helicopters, we needed to determine the total number of toys sold and then calculate the proportion of that totally made up by helicopters.

step-1

The total number of toys sold isstep-26 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 6 = 30step-3The number of helicopters sold is:-6step-4To find the percentage, we need to divide the number of helicopters sold by the total number of toys sold and then multiply by 100:(6 / 30) x 100 = 20%step-5Therefore, 20% of toy sales were helicopters.