Need some help remembering how to do a math question. Bob gave out 16 tickets, the whole department gave out 64 tickets what % of the total tickets did bob give out?
2007-02-18 18:26:10 · 8 answers · asked by asclepeus1 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Thanks for the assist, and for Joining the Airforce..I've been out of school for 18 years and questions like that don't come up every day for me.
2007-02-18 18:51:11 · update #1
16/64 *100%
= 25%
2007-02-18 18:29:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can think of Bob as scoring 16/64 in an exam.
His % mark will be given by:-
16/64 x 100 = 4/ 16 x 100 = 1/4 x 100 = 25
He gave out 25% of total.
2007-02-19 03:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by Como 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Divide 16 by 64, then multiply the decimal result by 100. That converts it to percentage form.
16/64 = 0.25 x 100 = 25%.
You can also write it as an equivalence ratio. Cross-multiply first (i.e. multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second and then vice versa) and set the results equal to each other. Then solve for x and express it as a percentage.
16/64 = x/100 ----> 1600 = 64x ----> 25 = x ----> 25% = x.
2007-02-19 02:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
16/64 part of the total did bob gave out
this is (16/64) * 100 %
2007-02-19 02:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one way is
16 (what Bob gave) / 64 (the total # of tickets given out).
16/64 can be simplified to 1/4 when you divide the numerator and the denominator by 16.
1/4=0.25 because 0.25*4=100%.
25%.
and MathBio, 0.25*100 is not 25% but 0.25*100% IS 25%
2007-02-19 02:46:12 · answer #5 · answered by blah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Percent = part / whole
In this question the part is 16 tickets and the whole is 64 tickets.
so the percent is 16/64 which is 25%
2007-02-19 02:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by snilubez 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
64 (total) = 100%
16 ==> x
x = (16 x 100) : 64
x = 100 : 4
x = 25%
So: 16 tickets correspond to 25% do total.
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2007-02-19 02:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by aeiou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
16 / 64 = .25
.25 * 100 = 25%
DUDE THIS IS BASIC MATH, COME ON?
2007-02-19 02:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by PROUD TO BE A LIBERAL TEEN! 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋