Question

The floor tiles come in red, blue, and black. There are 16 red, 5 blue, and. 4 black. What percent of the tiles are black?

Answer 1

16 % of tiles are black

Solution:

Given that floor tiles come in red, blue, and black

To find: percent of the tiles that are black

From given question,

number of red tiles = 16

number of blue tiles = 5

number of black tiles = 4

Therefore, total number of tiles = number of red tiles + number of blue tiles + number of black tiles

$\rightarrow 16 + 5 + 4 = 25$

Thus total number of tiles = 25

To percent of the tiles that are black, use the following formula:

$\text{ percent black} = \frac{\text{ number of black tiles }}{\text{ total number of tiles }} \times 100$

$\rightarrow \frac{4}{25} \times 100\\\\\rightarrow 4 \times 4 = 16$

Thus 16 % of tiles are black