Question

jone is on a diet that allows him to eat 2000 calories per day he wants to eat a peice of cake that 700 calories what percent of his daily total would that be

Answer 1

The answer is 35% because I did 700 is ____% of 2000 and when I solved the equation, my answer was 35%
Hope this helped!!
~melany~

Answer 2

Hi! 

This problem seems to be asking us to solve a proportion. In order to do that, we need to cross multiply. 

All percentages are out of 100, so what we need to do is make $\frac{700}{2000}$ into a ratio out of 100 by cross multiplying.

$\frac{x}{100}$ × $\frac{700}{2000}$

First, multiply 700 by 100

700 × 100 = 70,000

Next, divide that 70,000 by 2,000 

70,000 ÷ 2,000 = 35

Final answer: The slice of cake takes up 35% of Jone's daily calorie goal