Question

Thirty- five percent of students at jones high school ride the bus. Two hundred seventy-three students ride the bus. How many students go to jones high school?

Answer 1

780 students

Explanation:

Let the total number of students be "x"

We know 35% of these students take the bus, which is 273 students

So, the problem basically becomes:

35% of x is 273

We need to convert this word equation to algebraic equation. Remember,

"of" means "multiplication"

and

"is" means "equals to"

So, we can write:

35% * x = 273

To solve this for x, first we need to convert percentage to decimal by dividing by 100, so we have:

35% = 35/100 = 0.35

Now, we have:

`0.35*x = 273\\0.35x=273`

We solve for x:

`0.35x=273\\x=(273)/(0.35)\\x=780`

The total number of students at Jones High School = 780