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Challenger Elementary School has 800 students. Every Wednesday, 12% of the students stay

after school for Chess Club.
How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?
students

User Lrcrb
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Answer:

96 students

Explanation:

12% of 800 students stay for the chess club

To solve this, you need to solve
(12)/(100) * (800)/(1)

That would be 96

So your answer is 96 students stay for the chess club on Wednesdays

User Raydel Miranda
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96 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays

Solution:

Given that Challenger Elementary School has 800 students

Every Wednesday, 12% of the students stay after school for Chess Club

To find: Number of students attended Chess club on Wednesday

From given information,

12% of the students attended chess club on Wednesday which means 12% of 800 students attend chess club on Wednesday


\rightarrow 12 \% \text{ of } 800\\\\\rightarrow (12)/(100) * 800 = 96

Thus 96 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays

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