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Mathematics

Grade6

Easy

Question

Lucas spent $fraction numerator 2 over denominator 3 end fraction$ of the money her grandfather gave her on an adventure book. Find the percent of the money she spent.

30%
33%
44.44%
66.66%

hint Hint:

First convert fraction into decimal, then multiply the decimal value by 100 and add the % symbol to get required percent value.

The correct answer is: 66.66%

Lucas spent $2 over 3 space o f space t h e space m o n e y space h e r space g r a n d f a t h e r space g a v e space h e r space o n space a n space a d v e n t u r e space b o o k.$
First convert the fraction into decimal value.
$2 over 3 equals space 0.66666 space left parenthesis r e c u r r i n g space d e c i m a l right parenthesis t h e n space c o n v e r t space t h e space d e c i m a l space t o space p e r c e n t a g e space b y space space m u l t i p l y i n g space i t space b y space 100 space a n d space t h e n space a d d i n g space t h e space s y m b o l space percent sign. 0.6666 space cross times 100 space equals space 66.66 percent sign$
Thus, Lucas spent 66.66% of the money gave by her grandfather.

Alternatively,
Lucas spent $2 over 3$ of the money,
Percentage of money spent = $2 over 3 cross times 100 space equals space 66.66 percent sign$

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