Esteban has a big jar of change in his room. He has 600 coins total, and 240 of them are pennies. What percentage of the coins are pennies?
well to start write it as probability. 240/600. then you would divide. and 240/600=0.4, which is 40%
Step-by-step explanation:
Total number of coins = 600
Total number of pennies = 240
\(\texttt{Percentage of the coins are pennies=}\frac{\texttt{Total number of pennies}}{\texttt{Total number of coins}}\times 100\\\\\texttt{Percentage of the coins are pennies=}\frac{240}{600}\times 100\\\\\texttt{Percentage of the coins are pennies=}\frac{240}{6}\\\\\texttt{Percentage of the coins are pennies=}\frac{120}{3}\\\\\texttt{Percentage of the coins are pennies=}40\%\)
40 % of coins are pennies.