Your employer has 600 business cards printed for you, and you give away 280 of them. To the nearest hundredth, what percent of the cards is left?


A. 18.75%
B. 21.43%

C. 46.67%
D. 53.33%
i tried this formual but i couldn't do it

r= p/b

the answer would be 53.33%

320/600=x/100

Let's think about this.

600 - 280 = 320

What percent of 600 is 320?

You could set up a proportion:

320/600 = x/100

Cross multiply:

600x = 32000
x = 53.33 = 53.33%

Or -- a simpler way:

320/600 = 0.5333 = 53.33%

Sometimes when faced with a problem I don't remember how to do, I start with a simple problem to which I do know the answer.

For instance I know that 1/2 is 50%. How do we get that? We divide 1 by 2.

it didn't work

that was for the first respons i will read ms.sue's now

Two of us gave you the answer with two different methods of solving it.

sorry i was pressing the wrong key now i got it .thank you

You're welcome. And I'm glad you've got it now. :-)