Question

So far, Kim has learned 89% of her spelling word. Her sister Avery has learned 82 out of her 98 spelling word. Who has learned a greater percentage of her spelling word Kim or Avery

Answer 1

So for Avery, we would need to divide 82/98, which will get you (rounded to the thousandths) 0.837. To get from decimal form to percentage form, just move the decimal point 2 spaces to the right. In this case, the percentage is 83.7%

Since Kim has learned 89% of her spelling words while Avery has learned 83.7% of her spelling words, Kim has learned a greater percentage of spelling words than Avery.

Answer 2

Avery has learned less than 89% of her spelling words, making Kim have the greater percentage of knowing spelling words. :)