Question

There are 40 monkeys and 60% of the monkeys are in the trees. How many monkeys are in the trees?

Answer 1

Answer:

24 monkeys are in the tree

Step-by-step explanation:

We solve it by writing $\frac{60}{100}$ times $\frac{40}{1}$

Why is it over 100? Because every percent is out of 100!

$\frac{60}{100}$ X $\frac{40}{1}$ (your equation)

60 times 40 = 2400 and 100 times 1 = 100, We get, $\frac{2400}{100}$,

Lastly, we simplify the fraction by 100 on each side:

$\frac{2400}{100}$ / $\frac{100}{100}$

you get 24