Question

Sixteen of the 80 dogs at the kennel are golden retrievers. What percent of the dogs at the kennel are golden retrievers?

Answer 1

20% of the dogs are golden retrievers.

Explanation:

"Percent" or "%" means "out of 100" or "per 100",

Therefore, we can write this problem as:

`16/80 = x/100` where `x` is the percent of golden retrievers.

Solving this gives:

`16/80 * 100 = x/100 * 100`

`16/80 * 100 = x/cancel(100) * cancel(100)`

`1600/80 = x`

`x = 20`