Josephine wants to read 54 books this year. By the end of February, she has read 13 books. What percentage of her goal has she read?

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We can use the percent formula to solve. The percent formula is below: ^part⁄_whole = ^%⁄₁₀₀ We are given the part (the 13 books read) and the whole (the 54-book goal), and asked to calculate the percent. We don't know the percent, so that is where we will put our variable (x): ^part⁄_whole = ^%⁄₁₀₀ ¹³⁄₅₄ = ^x⁄₁₀₀ Cross multiply and solve for x: ¹³⁄₅₄ = ^x⁄₁₀₀ 54 * x = 13 * 100 54x = 1300 54x/54 = 1300/54 x = 24 So, 13 is 24% of 54

Josephine Wants to Read 54 Books This Year