Question

The store has 40 bags of potato chips on the shelf. Of those 30 bags are cheddar-flavored. What percentage of the bags of potato chips are cheddar-flavored. Show your work
30/100=c/40
1200/100
= 12
Help me I think something is wrong

Answer 1

Yep. Something is wrong.

30/40 = 3/4 = 0.75 = 75% are cheddar flavored

Answer 2

ok so the qustion says/is he store has 40 bags of potato chips on the shelf. Of those 30 bags are cheddar-flavored. What percentage of the bags of potato chips are cheddar-flavored. then we do 40-30=10 because the total of bags are 40 but 30 is chedder then we do 40-30=10