Question

Holly missed 8 of 185 school days this year. Approximately what percent of school days was Holly in attendance?

Answer 1

so given that Holly missed 8 of 185 school days what mean that she was present 185 - 8 = ? days ?
and now after you get this result of how many days Holly was present so ...


so just use the rule of 3 simple and you can write in this way

185 days mean 100%
the resulted days number mean x % and now just cross multiplie and calcule the x value

x = (resulted days number) * 100 / 185 = ? %

hope helped understandably easy