Question

Ms. Callahan has 50 gel pens for her art classes. 6 of the gel pens are blue. What percent of the gel pens are blue?A. 50%B. 12%C. 44%D. 6%

Answer 1

Given:

a.) Ms. Callahan has 50 gel pens for her art classes.

b.) 6 of the gel pens are blue.

We get,

$\text{ \% of Blue Gel Pens = }\frac{\text{ No. of Blue Gel Pens}}{\text{ Total Number of Gel Pens}}\text{ x 100}$$=\text{ }\frac{\text{ 6}}{\text{ 50}}\text{ x 100}$$\text{ = 0.12 x 100}$$\text{ \% of Blue Gel Pens = 12\%}$

Therefore, 12% of Ms. Callahan's gel pens are blue.