Kara categorized her spending for this month into four categories: Rent, Food, Fun, and Other. The amounts she spent in each category are pictured here.

Question

Food: $289
Rent: $361
Other: $433
Fun: $217
What percent of her total spending did she spend on Food? Answer to the nearest whole percent.

Answer 1

To find the percentage of her total spending spent on food, we need to divide the amount spent on food by the total spending and then multiply by 100.

Total spending = $289 (Food) + $361 (Rent) + $217 (Fun) + $433 (Other) = $1300

Percentage spent on Food = ($289 / $1300) * 100 ≈ 22.2%

Therefore, Kara spent approximately 22% of her total spending on food.