Question

a cinema seats 280 people. if 98 people are in the cinema, what percentage of the seats are filled ?

Answer 1

35 percent. Helps if you turn it into a fraction. so 98/280 is the same as .35 convert to percentage and you get 35%

Answer 2

The total number of seats are 280

Out of this 98 seats are filled

Hence it is expressed in fraction as $\frac{98}{280}$

(part out of whole)

To convert any fraction into percentage, we just need to multiply it with 100

$\frac{98}{280}$×100

$\frac{9800}{280}$

= 35 %

Hence 35% of the cinema is filled