Question

You work at a coffee house. Roasted coffee beans retain approximately 3/5 of their initial weight. Approximately what percent of their inital weight do they retain?

Answer 1

60%

Explanation:

We need convert 3/5 into a percent in order to find the answer.

We can convert by first dividing 3 by 5 to find the decimal value.

3/5= .6

Now we need to multiply by 100 to make it a percentage

.6 x 100= 60

60%