The local chess club has 60 members. Twenty four of the members are younger that twenty. What percent of the members of the chess club are younger than twenty?

Answer 1

The number of members out of the total can be written as 24/60. The percent can be determined if we can find an equivalent ratio with a denominator of 100.

Since 24/60 share a common factor of 12, we can divide both numbers by 12 and write:

24/60 = 2/5

Then for a percent, we need a denominator of 100, so:

2/5 = x /100

5 times 20 is 100 and 2 times 20 is 40

The percent will be 40/100 or 40% of the members are less than 24 years old.