Of the 850 students at Brown Middle School, 38% are in the school band. How many students are in the school band?
32

527

323

812

Question

Of the 850 students at Brown Middle School, 38% are in the school band. How many students are in the school band?
32

527

323

812

anonymous · Answer

just take .38 times 850

anonymous · Answer

when doing percentages like this and the last one just take the decimal times the main number

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Part/Whole = Percent/100


x/850 = 38/100


x = (38/100)*850


x = (0.38)*850


x = ???


So it's following the same thing __assassin__ is saying, just in a slightly different way.

anonymous · Answer

thats --exactly-- what i said...

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

not exactly, but along the same lines

anonymous · Answer

no it really is, you took the percentage, made it into a decimal, then multiplied by the same number

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

no it's slightly different, yes it leads to the same thing

it just has a different beginning to it