Question

Twenty-seven of the 90 acres were planted with alfalfa. What percent of the acres was not planted with alfalfa?

Answer 1

70 percent

Explanation:

Find how many acres were not planted with alfalfa by subtracting 27 from 90:

90 - 27

= 63

Find what percent this is by dividing it by 90:

63/90

= 0.7

So, 70 percent of the acres weren't planted with alfalfa.