The steps to calculate percentage are as follows:
1) Determine the total amount you want to find a percentage for.
2) Divide the number you want to find the percentage for.
3) Multiply the answer above by 100.
Applying this to our question, we can follow the steps:
STEP 1:
The total number of high scores is 25. Tom's score is 8.
STEP 2:
We will divide 8 by 25 such that
[tex]\frac{8}{25}=0.32[/tex]
STEP 3:
Since the number from step 2 is 0.32, we can calculate the answer to be
[tex]0.32\times100=32[/tex]
The correct option is OPTION C (32%).
