Percentages, SM-Bank 044

Express the number of red building bricks above as:

a fraction of the total number of building bricks, in simplest form. (1 mark)

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a percentage of the total number of building bricks. (1 mark)

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a. \(\dfrac{5}{8}\)

b. \(62.5\%\)

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a. \(\text{Fraction of total bricks}\)

\(=\dfrac{5}{8}\)

b. \(\text{Percentage of total bricks}\)	\(=\dfrac{5}{8}\times 100=\dfrac{125}{2}\)
	\(=62.5\%\)