Destiny ordered a set of beads. She received 92 beads in all. 23 of the beads were red. What percentages of the beads were red? (

Answer 1

Hi Jasmine,

To determine the percent of the beads that were red, you can use the percent equation to help you (recall that a percent is a number compared to 100);

x = 23

100 92

Then using cross products, you can write:

92 • x = 23 • 100

92 • x = 2300

x= 2300/92

x = 25

25/100 is equivalent to 25%

You could also divide 23/92 and multiply the result by 100:

(23/92) • 100 = 0.25 •100 = 25%