Question

Some of the shirt order for a department store arrive damaged. If the order was for 500 shirts and 120 of the shirts are damaged, what

percent of the shirts were damaged?

Answer 1

ITS 24%

Explanation:

To rephrase this problem: 120 is what percent of 500.

Let's call the percent we are looking for

p

. Then we can say:

p

of 500 = 120 or

p × 500 = 120

Solving for

p

while keeping the equation balanced gives:

p × 500

500 = 120

500 p = 0.24 or

24 %

Answer 2

120/500=0.24
0.24x100=24%