Step by step
The question
Question: a circle graph has a 90° slice for walk: what percent walk?
walk: 90°
Here is the slice.
90° of the 360° circle.
1 Angle over 360
The slice is 90 out of 360 degrees.
90 and 360 can both be divided by 90: 1/4.
= 90360 = 90 ÷ 90360 ÷ 90 = 14
Careful!
Degrees are out of 360, not out of 100.
Careful: not 90% ✗
2 As a percent
Percent means out of 100.
1/4 times 100% is 25%.
= 14 × 100% = 25%
3 Check
Let's check: 25% of 360 degrees is 90°, the slice.
So the answer is right!
25% of 360 = 90°
Let's look back.
First: angle over 360.
Then: as a percent.
Last: check.
Answer
= 14 × 100% = 25%