Question

You estimate that a kitten weighs 15 pounds. The actual weight of the kitten is 8 pounds. Find the percent error.

Answer 1

87.5%.

Explanation:

This is simple. You thought the kitten weighed 15 pounds but really weighs 8. The first thing you would do is subtract the guess minus the actual.

15 - 8 = 7.

That person was off by 7.

So you would put it as a fraction over the actual weight. 7/8. Then turn your fraction into a decimal and turn that decimal into a percent.

7 divided by 8 = 0.875.

0.875 as a percent is 87.5%.

So the percent error is 87.5%.