The Commerce Department reported receiving the following applications for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: 23 from l
arge manufacturing firms, 18 from large service firms, and 30 from small businesses. What percentage of the applications came from small businesses (to 1 decimal)?
to calculate the percentage of the applications from small businesses, the first step is to find the total number of applications received from all the firms
total number of awards = 23 + 18 + 30
=71 awards
percentage of applications from small businesses = × 100
=42.2535
≈42.3% to 1 decimal place
42.3% of the applications came from small businesses
You get that number by dividing 160 with a 100, to find out how large 1% is, and then you multiply it with 65 to find out how much 65% is, and the answer is 104 games.