Question

Estimate which benchmark percentage is closest to 4 over 17.

A.25%

B.50%

C.75%

D.100%

Answer 1

Divide 4 by 17, what do you get?

Answer 2

17 is close to 16, so an *estimate* is a bit over 4/16
which you can do in your head, right ?

Answer 3

i got 0.2352941176405882352941176470588

Answer 4

multiply by 100 to get per cent

Answer 5

Or just take the first two digits after the decimal (round if needed) and that'll be your percent. (24%)

Answer 6

now i got 23.529411764705882352941176470588

Answer 7

So that means it's 23.5% or 24% if you round the decimal.