Question

14 students in Neil's class play basketball. 35% of the students in his class play basketball. How many total students are in Neil's class? Which choice is NOT a correct way to check your answer?

Answer 1

Answer : The total students in Neil's class are, 40 students.

Step-by-step explanation :

As we are given that:

Number of students who play basketball = 14

35% of the students in his class play basketball. That means, 35 number of students who play basketball out of 100 students.

Total number of student in the class =
`(14)/(35)* 100`

Total number of student in the class = 40

Thus, the total students in Neil's class are, 40 students.

Answer 2

to get total kids
divide the number who play by the percentage

35% = 0.35

14 / 0.35 = 40 total kids