Question

1. ezra made 96 cupcakes for a bake sale at his school. of the 96 cupcakes, 58 are chocolate and the rest are vanilla. what percent of the cupcakes are vanilla? round to the nearest whole percent.

60%
38%
40%
62%

1. samantha has been saving money to buy a new bicycle that costs $160. so far, she has managed to save $120. what percentage of the cost of the bicycle has samantha saved?

40%
65%

Explanation:

Step1: Find vanilla cupcake count

$96 - 58 = 38$

Step2: Calculate vanilla percentage

$\frac{38}{96} \times 100\% \approx 39.58\% \approx 40\%$

Step3: Calculate saved percentage

$\frac{120}{160} \times 100\% = 75\%$

Answer:

1. 40%
2. 75%