Question

Mr.Smith's art class has a total of 35 students enrolled. Seven of the thirty five are girls. What percent of the class is made up of boys?

Answer 1

i agree with her.
80%

Answer 2

✡ Answer: 80% ✡

- - Why?

Well if there is 35 kids in the class and 7 of them are girls, you can subtract 35-7 to get the reaming total of kids, in this case, the boys.

Now we have a fraction of 28/35
28*35.
Lets convert it to a percent:

- - We have
Divide
28 ÷ 35 = 0.8

Always multiply by 100

0.8*100

- - Solve:

80%

✡Hope this helps✡