This year Shen watched 80 movies. He thought that 8 of them were very good. Of the movies he watched, what percentage did he rate as very good?

Answer 1

Hi Sierra,

The fraction that would represent the number of movies Shen thought was very good would be:

8

80

This fraction is equivalent to 1/10:

8 ÷ 8 = 1

80 ÷ 8 10

Since 1/10 is equivalent to 10/100, the movies he rated very good would represent 10 % of the total. (Remember that a percent is a number compared to 100. Here that number is 10 out of 100.)