A dance school has 70 salsa dancers. If 14% of the total number of dancers in the school are salsa dancers, what is the total number of dancers in the school?

500
560
840
860

Question

A dance school has 70 salsa dancers. If 14% of the total number of dancers in the school are salsa dancers, what is the total number of dancers in the school?

500
560
840
860

joannablackwelder · Answer

Can you think of any formulas that might be helpful for this problem?

anonymous · Answer

@JoannaBlackwelder divide the 70 by the 14%?

joannablackwelder · Answer

Right, great! Just make sure to use 14% as a decimal. :-)

joannablackwelder · Answer

So, what does that give you?

anonymous · Answer

@JoannaBlackwelder 50

joannablackwelder · Answer

Are you sure your wrote that answer correctly? That isn't one of the options.

anonymous · Answer

@JoannaBlackwelder Would it be 500 but Ijust add another 0?

joannablackwelder · Answer

Yep, I get 500, 70/.14=500

anonymous · Answer

@JoannaBlackwelder Thank you so much!

joannablackwelder · Answer

No worries :-)