Question

Of the 200 packages of bagels sold 15 of them are sesame seed bagels what percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels

Answer 1

15 = x% from 200
15 =  * 200
15 = 2x                   / ÷ 2 (both sides)
x = 7.5 [percent]

Answer 2

Of the 200 packages of bagels sold, 15 of them are sesame seed bagels. What percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels?

The fraction $\frac{15}{200}$ represents the number of sesame seed bagel packages out of all the packages.

To find out what percent are sesame seed bagel packages, we can turn the fraction $\frac{15}{200}$ into a percent.

We can first reduce the fraction $\frac{15}{200}$ by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 15 and 200 using 5.

15 ÷ 5 = 3

200 ÷ 5 = 40

3 ÷ 40 = 0.075

0.075 × 100 = 7.5%

Therefore, 7.5% of the bagel packages sold were sesame seed bagels.