A woman have 8 pairs shoes 5 brown pair,2 red pair and 5 are boots whats the percentage of how many boots she have

Question

Trying to find out what's the percentage of how many boots she have in this word problem

Answer 1

First you have to have the right numbers. The percentage of boots is

 

Nr of boots / Total number of footwear.

 

You get an answer as a decimal. To change it to a percentage, divide by 100, or just move the decimal point two digits to the right, e.g .63 = 63%