Question

Help Plz~Help~There are 32 students in Miss Smith’s class. Eighteen are girls. What percent of the class are girls

Answer 1

first subtract 32-19

Answer 2

ok

Answer 3

move the decimal point 2 places to the right

Answer 4

>

Answer 5

well

Answer 6

@$Ariana~Mendezz$

Answer 7

no no subtract 32-18
tehn move the decimal

Answer 8

sorry

Answer 9

@daphne101

what method is that?

Answer 10

Normally, you just do 18/32

Answer 11

my easy way of explaining

Answer 12

I find @dtan5457 's way more simple and it's usually what I do as well.

Answer 13

if i do 32-18 and move 2 decimal places to the right....

0.014?

Answer 14

@daphne101

Answer 15

not sure how that will work.

Answer 16

i mean my teacher made us do proprtions, if you would prefer that

Answer 17

ohh that makes more sense, but just make sure you leave it at 56.25%

its not 5625%

Answer 18

then i dont understand his name

Answer 19

wait what lol?

Answer 20

his name is DePeri

Answer 21

he said to move from decimal to percent move 2 places to the right and when going from percent to decimal move 2 places to the left.

Answer 22

@dtan5457

Answer 23

percent means per 100
set up the equivalent ratio
let x be the percentage