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For a company picnic, Maddie ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. She got 6060 cookies in all. 1212 of the cookies were gingerbread. What percentage of the cookies were gingerbread?\newlineWrite your answer using a percent sign (%).\newline____\_\_\_\_

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Q. For a company picnic, Maddie ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. She got 6060 cookies in all. 1212 of the cookies were gingerbread. What percentage of the cookies were gingerbread?\newlineWrite your answer using a percent sign (%).\newline____\_\_\_\_
  1. Identify Total Cookies: Step 11: Identify the total number of cookies and the number of gingerbread cookies. Maddie ordered 6060 cookies in total, and 1212 of these were gingerbread.
  2. Calculate Gingerbread Fraction: Step 22: Use the percentage formula to find out what fraction of the total cookies were gingerbread. The formula is (Number of gingerbread cookiesTotal number of cookies)×100(\frac{\text{Number of gingerbread cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}}) \times 100.
  3. Substitute Numbers: Step 33: Substitute the numbers into the formula. 12/60×10012 / 60 \times 100.
  4. Simplify Fraction: Step 44: Simplify 1260\frac{12}{60} to get 0.20.2.
  5. Find Percentage: Step 55: Multiply 0.20.2 by 100100 to find the percentage. 0.2×100=200.2 \times 100 = 20.

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