Question

of the 20 students in emily’s class, 15 like chocolate cake and the rest like cheesecake. how many like cheesecake and what’s the percentage of the students like cheesecake.

Answer 1

20 - 15 = 5
5 students like cheesecake
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To find the percent use equation 15 ÷ 20 = 0.75 or 75%
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75% percent of kids like chocolate cake, to find the percentage of cheesecake likers use equation 100% - 75% = 25%
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25% of kids like cheesecake

Answer 2

25 percent of the class like cheesecake