Question

At Southside Middle School, 40% of the students play an instrument. There are 305 students. How many students play an instrument?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Lol he beat me to it haha

Answer 3

thx

Answer 4

The way I learned to do the % of a number is weird but its worked for me it wont be the best to use on bigger problems so If you'd like it ill tell you

Answer 5

We first need to change 40% into decimal form so we get the decimal point after 40 and bring it back twice to get .40