Question

A baker has 50 pounds of flour. He uses 12 pounds to make bread. What percent of the flour does he use?

Answer 1

We know that the percentage of any quantity to the total quantity can be found by dividing the quantity by the total quantity and multiplying it with 100.

Now, from the question we know that the baker uses a quantity of 12 pounds to make bread from a total quantity of 50 pounds. Therefore, the percent of the flour the baker uses can be calculated as:

$\frac{12}{50}\times 100=24$% which is the correct answer.

Answer 2

12/50 = 24%. Divide the used by the total