Inourcity,about10000highschoolgraduateswereadmittedtocollegethisyear.Itaboutsixty....aboutsixtypercentofthistotal.为什么填worksoutto而不是amountsto它们的区别是什么?若用amountsof是不是要加was啊？

Question

In our city,about 10000 high school graduates were admitted to college this year.It __ about sixty.
...about sixty percent of this total.为什么填 works out to 而不是 amounts to
它们的区别是什么?
若用amounts of是不是要加was啊？

Answer 1

amount to
1.达到；共计,合计,等于[常用于否定句]：
The total sales of the company didn't amount to more than a few million dollars.
这家公司的总销售额不超过几百万美元.
work out at /to计为...