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Percentages, SM-Bank 057 MC

A fishing boat returns with 16 flathead, 7 bream and 9 flounder.

About what percentage of the fish are bream?

  1. 50%
  2. 28%
  3. 22%
  4. 21%
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\(C\)

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\(\text{Percentage of bream}\) \(=\dfrac{\text{number of bream}}{\text{total fish}}\)
  \(=\dfrac{7}{16+7+9}\)
  \(=\dfrac{7}{32}\)
  \(=0.21875=21.875\%\)
  \(\approx 22\%\)

  
\(\Rightarrow C\)

 

Filed Under: Percentages Tagged With: num-title-ct-core, smc-4462-10-Converting fractions/decimals/percentages, smc-4462-25-Comparing quantities using percentages, smc-4462-40-Word problems percentages

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