Football jerseys

Question

The football team has 50 jerseys are 25 medium jerseys what percent of the jerseys are medium size jerseys?

Answer 1

Hi Leilani,

A percent is a number compared to 100. In this problem, the total number of jerseys is 50.

We can write the following fraction to show 25 out of the 50 jerseys that are medium:

25

50

We can use equivalent fractions to determine the percent this represents:

25 = x

50 100

Multiply the numerator and denominator by 2 :

25 • 2 = 50

50 • 2 100

50 is equal to 50%

100