A salesman made 320 calls this week. He made 112 sales. What percent of his calls resulted in a sale?

Question

A salesman made 320 calls this week. He made 112 sales. What percent of his calls resulted in a sale?

Answer 1

Hi Luke,

 

Per "cent" means "per hundred" (think of 100 cents in a dollar).  So, 37% of 100 is 37.  And, 50% of 320 is 160.  So, how do we find out what present of 320 the number 112 will be?

 

We divide 112/320 = x/100     (read this as 112 out of 320 is x percent of 100)

             100*(112/320) = x        (multiply both sides by 100)

                35 = x                  (do calculations)

 

So, 35% of the salesman's calls resulted in a sale.

Answer 2

35%. Your problem would be 112/350 which results is .35. This decimal is converted to a percent which is 35%.