Question

The total amount of deductions from an employee's gross pay is $83.20. If the gross pay is $378.18, what percent of their gross pay is being withheld?

Answer 1

Take 83.2 and divide it by the total, 378.18.
You get 0.22000106

(100%=1.0, so 0.22=22%)
The answer is 22%. You can check by taking 378.18 and multiplying by 22 percent (use 0.22 in calculator)

The full, unrounded answer would be 22.000106%

Answer 2

83.20/378.18=.22 *100= 22%