Question

at an animal shelter there are 15 dogs 12 cats 3 snakes and 5 parakeets. what percent of the number of cats is the number of snakes

Answer 1

Percentage of cats
$\frac{# animals}{#cats} = \frac{100}{?}$
$\frac{35}{12}= \frac{100}{?}$
**cross multiply 12 and 100 which is 1200
**divide 35 into 1200
the answer is 34.3% when rounded

percentage of snakes
$\frac{# animals}{#snakes} = \frac{100}{?}$
**cross multiply 3 and 100 which is 300
**divide 35 into 300
$\frac{35}{3}= \frac{100}{?}$
the answer is 8.57%