Q35. - Algebra 1

Question

James answered 14 items correctly on a 16-item quiz. What percentage did he answer correctly?

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

James answered 87.5% correctly.

Step 1.

Let x and y be the number of correct and total answers which James did.

$\begin{array}{l}x=14\\ y=16\end{array}$

Step 2. Formula used.

_{$x\text{ is percent of }y=\frac{x\times 100}{y}\%$}

Step 3. Find the percentage.

To find what percent he did correctly, use the above formula divide 14 by 16 and then multiply the result with 100 as shown below:

$\frac{14\times 100}{16}\%=87.5\%$

Therefore, James answered 87.5% correctly.