Aldo spend $60 on groceries $48 were spent on fruit what percentage were spent on fruit

Answer 1

Hi Haya,

The amount of money spent on fruit compared to the total can be written as a fraction:

48

60

If we convert this fraction to an equivalent one with a denominator of 100, then we would know the percent:

Since 60 is not a factor pf 100 , it would be helpful to first simplify this fraction:

48 ÷ 12 = 4

60 12 5

Now convert to a percent:

4 • 20 = 80

5 • 20 100

80

100 is equivalent to 80%.

80% of the money was spent on fruit.