a camel weighs 1250 pounds has a hump containing 80 pounds of fat what percentage of the camels total weight is contained in that fat

Question

it was for homework a week ago. it confuses me.basically i think it was a waste of my time. BIG DEAL ITS A FAT CAMEL.

 

Answer 1

80/1250=8/125

8/125=64/1000 because 1000 is divisible by 125; it goes in 8 times and 8*8=64

64/1000=6.4/100=6.4%

another solution...

80/1250=0.064=6.4% again