Question 973820
If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be
completed?
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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 {{{3/8}}}
                         
We divide the denominator into the numerator to change it to a decimal:

  <u>  .375</u>
 8)3.000
   <u>2 4</u>
     60
     <u>56</u>
      40
      <u>40</u>
       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</pre>