Question

Of 600grams of sugar ,500grams is used up.What percent is left

Answer 1

1%=600÷100

=6%

=500÷6

=83-100

=17%ANSWER

Answer 2

Percentage left is - 16.6%

To calculate percentage of remaining sugar, formula used will be -

Remaining weight/total weight*100

Total weight of sugar is 600 gm

Used weight of sugar is 500gm

Remaining weight of sugar

= 600-500

= 100 gm

Now keeping the values in formula, to calculate percentage of sugar left -

100/600*100

= 16.6 %

Hence, percentage of sugar left is 16.6 %.