Question

@pielover123 what is 8.163265306122449 as a percent? I've shortened/rounded it to 8.16

Answer 1

http://www.webmath.com/dec2fract.html use this :)

Answer 2

http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/decimal-to-percent-calculator.php

Answer 3

what did you divide?

Answer 4

Thanks
@pielover123 I did a proportion problem solving for x

Answer 5

use the calculator I posted and fill in your data and it should tell you how to do it and what the answer is :D

Answer 6

well then your right you would have to round and you would get 8.16

Answer 7

Okay

Answer 8

The full question is
Kerry bought a pair of shoes for $45. She also bought a pair of colorful shoelaces for $4. What percent of the total amount that Kerry paid was the price of the shoelaces?

Answer 9

that's what I got, but it's not one of the choices

Answer 10

the full price wold be $11.25 because you would divide the 45 by 4 which would = to 11.25

Answer 11

Wait, it says to round to the nearest tenth of a percent???

Answer 12

11.30

Answer 13

so would it be 11.3%

Answer 14

yes