Pastry Chef, baked three apple pies, two blueberry pies, five cherry pies, and six key lime pies for the student fundraiser.

Question

What percent of the pies were blueberry (follow your answer with the % symbol - round to one decimal place)?

Answer 1

Hi Mary, 

Step One: State the givens for each type of pie

3 apple 

2 blueberry 

5 cherry 

6 lime 

Step Two: Calculate the total number of pies

3+2+5+6=16

Step Three: Find the percentage of blueberry

(blueberry)(100)=answer

(2/16)(100)=answer

12.5%=answer

∴12.5% of pies were blueberry

Sincerely, 

Starlyte H.