Question

On a particular Saturday, 60% of the visitors to an art museum were students. If 144 students visited the museum, how many total visitors did the art museum have that day?

Answer 1

I will set up a number sentence:
60% of __ = 144
Do you know how to solve for the blank amount?

Answer 2

I suggest you to use a formula:
is. %
-- = ---
of. 100

Is stands for the number after the equal sign and of is the whole (which we are unsure about now).