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QuestionDuring recess, 60 kids played capture the flag. If 15 kids were on the winning team, what percent of the kids were on the winning team?
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Studdy Solution

STEP 1

What is this asking? How many kids out of the total were on the winning team, expressed as a percentage? Watch out! Don't forget to divide the number of winning kids by the total number of kids before multiplying by 100 to find the percentage!

STEP 2

1. Determine the fraction of kids on the winning team
2. Convert the fraction to a percentage

STEP 3

First, let's **find the fraction** of kids on the winning team.
We have **15 kids** on the winning team out of a total of **60 kids**.
So, the fraction is:
1560\frac{15}{60}

STEP 4

Now, let's **simplify** this fraction.
Both **15** and **60** can be divided by **15**.
So, we divide the numerator and the denominator by **15**:
15÷1560÷15=14\frac{15 \div 15}{60 \div 15} = \frac{1}{4}

STEP 5

To **convert the fraction** 14\frac{1}{4} to a percentage, we multiply by **100**.
This is because a percentage is simply a fraction out of **100**.
So, we have:
14100\frac{1}{4} \cdot 100

STEP 6

Let's **calculate** that!
When we multiply 14\frac{1}{4} by **100**, we get:
11004=1004=25\frac{1 \cdot 100}{4} = \frac{100}{4} = 25

STEP 7

The **final result** is that **25%** of the kids were on the winning team.

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