Of the 200 packages of bagels sold, 15 of them are sesame seed bagels. What percent of the bagel packages sold are sesame seed bagels?
The fraction \(\frac{15}{200}\) represents the number of sesame seed bagel packages out of all the packages.
To find out what percent are sesame seed bagel packages, we can turn the fraction \(\frac{15}{200}\) into a percent.
We can first reduce the fraction \(\frac{15}{200}\) by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the Greatest Common Factor of 15 and 200 using 5.
15 ÷ 5 = 3
200 ÷ 5 = 40
3 ÷ 40 = 0.075
0.075 × 100 = 7.5%
Therefore, 7.5% of the bagel packages sold were sesame seed bagels.
