Question

There are 500 oranges.55 oranges are rotten.What percent of oranges are rotten.​

Answer 1

Answer:

11%

Step-by-step explanation:

percent of oranges are rotten =

55/500 × 100 = 11 %

Answer 2

To find : percent of oranges rotten.

Given : There are $500$ oranges, $55$ oranges are rotten.  

Solutions :

• A percentage is a fraction of an amount expressed as a particular number of hundredths of that amount.

• It is denoted by means % .

• Fractions can be converted into percentages and vice-versa.

• Percentages are reversible.  
• $(\frac{55}{500}\times 100) \%$

         $= 11 \ \%$  

Hence, $11 \%$ oranges were rotten .