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Ted's Deli employs 36 waiters. 9 of them are men. What percentage of the staff is male?

Percents show a portion of a whole. Sometimes the whole has 100 parts. But this time the whole (the staff) has only 36 parts. So, you'll have to do some math.

  1. Write a fraction that shows the parts over the whole: 9 male waiters out of 36 total waiters, or 9/36
  2. Divide the top number (9) by the bottom number (36) to get .25
  3. Move the decimal point two places to the right and add the percent sign: 0.25 = 25%

25% of the 36 waiters are men.

Saul took another test. This one had 25 questions. He answered 20 correctly. What percentage of the questions did Saul get right?
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