Question

There are 80 students total in 7th grade, of whom 15% are left handed. How many

left handed 7th grade students are there?

Answer 1

15% translates to 15/100 as a fraction.

If you multiply that by the number of student there are (80) you’d get the 15% of students who are left handed.

80(15/100)=12

12 students are left-handed