Question

In the past year Jenny watched 44 movies that she thought were very good. She watched 55 movies over the whole year. Of the movies she watched what percentage did she think was very good

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we must divide the number of movies that Jenny thought were very good by the total number of movies she watched. This is because we are finding a percentage, which represents a part out of a whole that have a factor, which in this case is very good movies. First, we begin by dividing 44/55. Then, we realize that both the numerator and the denominator are divisible by 11, so if we divided them both by 11 that would simplify the fraction.

44/55 = 44/11 / 55/11 = 4/5

Next, we can now easily divide our simplified fraction.

4/5 = 0.8

Finally, we must multiply by 100, because a percentage is a portion of 100 (the total is 100%). This is equivalent to moving the decimal point two places to the right.

0.8 * 100 = 80%

Therefore, Jenny thinks that 80% of the movies she watched this year were very good.

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