Out of eight employees, five work the dayshift. What percentage of the total employees work the dayshift?

• A. 60%
• B. 55%
• C. 63%
• D. 50%

Answer: (C)

Compute the percentage by taking the dayshift count over the total: 5 out of 8. Dividing 5 by 8 gives 0.625, and converting to a percent gives 62.5%. When expressed as a whole percent, that rounds to 63%. The other options don’t match the actual ratio: 60% would imply about 4.8 employees, 55% about 4.4, and 50% exactly 4, none of which reflect 5 of 8. So 63% is the correct rounded result.