A circle graph has a 54° slice for green, what percent green

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The question

Question: a circle graph has a 54° slice for green: what percent green?

Here is the slice.

54° of the 360° circle.

1 Angle over 360

The slice is 54 out of 360 degrees.

54 and 360 can both be divided by 18: 3/20.

Careful!

Degrees are out of 360, not out of 100.

2 As a percent

Percent means out of 100.

3/20 times 100% is 15%.

3 Check

Let's check: 15% of 360 degrees is 54°, the slice.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: angle over 360.

Then: as a percent.

Last: check.