orangutans make up 33 1/3% of zoo's promate exhibit. if there's 18 primates, how many are orangutans?
18 times 33 1/3%
18 times .3313=5.9634 are orangutans
you would multiply 18 by .3333 not .3313...sorry, so it is 5.9994
A simpler way of solving this problem is to convert the percent to a fraction.
33 1/3% = 1/3
1/3 of 18 = 6
To find the number of orangutans in the primate exhibit, we need to calculate 33 1/3% of the total number of primates.
Step 1: Convert the percentage to a decimal
33 1/3% is equal to 33 1/3 รท 100 = 0.3333 (rounded to four decimal places)
Step 2: Multiply the decimal by the total number of primates
0.3333 * 18 = 5.9994
Since you can't have a fraction of an orangutan, we need to round the answer. If we round down, it would be 5 orangutans. If we round up, it would be 6 orangutans.
Therefore, there are either 5 or 6 orangutans in the primate exhibit, depending on how you choose to round the answer.