Question
For a company picnic, Bob ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. He got 100 cookies in all. 5 of the cookies were gingerbread. What percentage of the cookies were gingerbread?
Write your answer using a percent sign (%).
Write your answer using a percent sign (%).
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find the percentage of gingerbread cookies, we can use the formula:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{Number of gingerbread cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}}\right) \times 100
\]
In this case, Bob ordered 5 gingerbread cookies out of a total of 100 cookies. Substituting the values into the formula, we get:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{5}{100}\right) \times 100
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Percentage} = 0.05 \times 100 = 5\%
\]
Thus, the percentage of the cookies that were gingerbread is \( \boxed{5\%} \).
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{Number of gingerbread cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}}\right) \times 100
\]
In this case, Bob ordered 5 gingerbread cookies out of a total of 100 cookies. Substituting the values into the formula, we get:
\[
\text{Percentage} = \left(\frac{5}{100}\right) \times 100
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Percentage} = 0.05 \times 100 = 5\%
\]
Thus, the percentage of the cookies that were gingerbread is \( \boxed{5\%} \).