Question

Kara categorized her spending for this month into four categories: Rent, Food, Fun, and Other. Theamounts she spent in each category are pictured here.FoodRent$222$278Other$333$167What percent of her total spending did she spend on Food? Answer to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

Given

To find:

The percent of her total spending did she spend on Food?

Explanation:

It is given that,

That implies,

$\begin{gathered} Percent\text{ }of\text{ }her\text{ }total\text{ }spending\text{ }on\text{ }food=\frac{222}{222+333+167+278}\times100 \\ =\frac{222}{1000}\times100 \\ =22.2\% \end{gathered}$

Hence, the percent spend on her food is 22.2%.