Question

In George’s neighborhood there are 33 cats and 33 dogs roaming free.What percent of the animals roaming free are dogs?

Answer 1

First, we'll figure out how many animals there are in total by adding up the cats and the dogs. In this case, we have 33+33=66 total animals. Then we need to figure out what fraction of these 66 animals are dogs:
$\frac{33}{60}=\frac{1}{2}$

So half of the animals are dogs. To write that as a percent, we need the fraction to be over 100, so:
$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{50}{100}$

50% of the animals are dogs.