Your office manager used 45 paperclips for handouts at his presentation from the 450 paperclips available in the stock room. What percentage of the original number of paperclips did NOT get used?
90%
(450 - 45) / 450 = ?
Multiply the decimal answer by 100 to get the percentage.
Well, it looks like those paperclips dodged a bullet. Only 45 out of 450 were used, so 405 of them managed to escape. To find the percentage, we simply divide the number of unused paperclips (405) by the original number of paperclips (450) and multiply by 100.
So, 405/450 = 0.9, and 0.9 * 100 = 90.
Therefore, a whopping 90% of the original number of paperclips did NOT get used. They must be feeling pretty lucky!
To calculate the percentage of the original number of paperclips that did not get used, you can use the following formula:
Percentage = (Unused Paperclips / Total Paperclips) * 100
In this case, the total number of paperclips available was 450, and the number of paperclips used was 45.
So, Unused Paperclips = Total Paperclips - Used Paperclips
= 450 - 45
= 405
Now we can calculate the percentage:
Percentage = (405 / 450) * 100
= 0.9 * 100
= 90%
Therefore, 90% of the original number of paperclips did not get used.
To find the percentage of the original number of paperclips that did not get used, you need to calculate the number of paperclips that got used and subtract it from the original number of paperclips. Then, divide the result by the original number of paperclips and multiply by 100 to get the percentage.
Step 1: Calculate the number of paperclips that got used:
Original number of paperclips = 450
Number of paperclips used = 45
Number of paperclips that did not get used = Original number of paperclips - Number of paperclips used
Number of paperclips that did not get used = 450 - 45 = 405
Step 2: Calculate the percentage of paperclips that did not get used:
Percentage of paperclips not used = (Number of paperclips that did not get used / Original number of paperclips) * 100
Percentage of paperclips not used = (405 / 450) * 100
Percentage of paperclips not used = 0.9 * 100
Percentage of paperclips not used = 90%
So, 90% of the original number of paperclips did not get used.