Question

There are 24 girls and 36 boys in the seventh grade class. What percentage of the students in the class are girls?

a 25%
b 35%
c 40%
d 48%

Answer 1

40% of the students in the class are girls.

Explanation:

Add 36 and 24 to get 60.

Then, multiply 60 by each percentage. At some point, you will get to 40% which will get you 24, which are the number of girls in the class.