Question

Hanz’s class had a goal to collect 250 cans of food for the school food drive. They collected 290 cans. What percent of their goal did they achieve?

Answer 1

Given:

Goal = 250 cans

Number of collected cans = 290

To find:

The percent of their goal they achieved.

Solution:

The percent of their goal they achieved is:

$\text{Required percent}=\dfrac{\text{Number of collected cans}}{\text{Goal}}\times 100$

$\text{Required percent}=\dfrac{290}{250}\times 100$

$\text{Required percent}=\dfrac{29}{25}\times 100$

$\text{Required percent}=29\times 4$

$\text{Required percent}=116$

Therefore, they achieved 116% of their goal.