SOLUTION: If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be completed?

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Question 973820: If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be completed?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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1-5/8=3/8
You can divide 8 into 3, and you get .375. The per cent is 37.5% remains.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be
completed?
There are EIGHT EIGHTS in a whole job.  The worker has finished FIVE
of those EIGHTS, so the other THREE EIGHTS of the job remain to be
completed.

We write THREE EIGHTS as a fraction 3%2F8
                         
We divide the denominator into the numerator to change it to a decimal:

    .375
 8)3.000
   2 4
     60
     56
      40
      40
       0

Then we take the quotient as a decimal .375

Then we change the decimal to a percent by moving the decimal
two places to the right and putting on a %

Answer 37.5%

Edwin