Question

Kaia calculates the she spends 75 minutes of a school day in science class. If she spends 500 minutes in school, what percent of her school day does Kaia spend in science class

Answer 1

15%

Explanation:

Since a percent is out of 100 we can make 75/500 to have the denominator of 100.

To do that you divide

500/5 = 100

and for the numerator

75/5 = 15

whatever you do to one side you must do to the other that's why I divided both sides by 5. The ending fraction would be 15/100 which is the same as 15%

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