Question

A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a play at a theater that has 2780 seats. The students left 15% of the seats in the theater vacant. How many 6th graders went on the trip?

Answer 1

1242 6th graders went on the trip.

Explanation:

From the information given, you know that the theater has 2760 seats and that the students filled 45% of the seats, so to find the quantity of 6th graders that went on the trip, you have to calculate 45% of 2760:

2760*45%=1242

According to this, the answer is that 1242 6th graders went on the trip.