Question

Your class is going on a field trip. Twenty-four students have turned in their permission slips so far. This is 80% of the students in the class. How many students are in the class?

Answer 1

30

Explanation:

You can do it like a ratio

80% 24 students

----- = ------

100% ?

multiply 100 by 24 and then divide by 80

that will give you the question mark

you can do this with similar problems asking for the percent or the amount of thing

its just cross multiply

Answer 2

The answer is 30 students in total