Esteban has a big jar of change in his room. He has 600 coins total, and 240 of them are pennies. What percent of the coins are pennies?(Ignore the % symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is 11%, enter 11.)
Q. Esteban has a big jar of change in his room. He has 600 coins total, and 240 of them are pennies. What percent of the coins are pennies?(Ignore the % symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is 11%, enter 11.)
Find Percentage of Pennies: We need to find the percentage of coins that are pennies. The formula to calculate the percentage is:Percentage = (WholePart)×100Here, the Part is the number of pennies, and the Whole is the total number of coins.
Identify Part and Whole: First, we identify the Part and the Whole in this problem.Part (number of pennies): 240Whole (total number of coins): 600
Substitute into Percentage Formula: Next, we substitute the Part and the Whole into the percentage formula.Percentage of pennies = (240/600)×100
Perform Division: Now, we perform the division 240/600.240/600=0.4
Multiply by 100: Finally, we multiply the result by 100 to find the percentage. 0.4×100=40
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