Question

24 studemtsin Jamal's class are wearing tennis shoes.There are 30 students in his class.Jamal says 70% of his class is wearing tennis shoes.Is he correct? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

He is incorrect because he would have to take 24 and divide it by 30 which is 0.8 then he would multiply that by 100 which would make it 80%.

Answer 2

24/30 divide both the numerator and denominator by 3

8/10 = 80/100 = 80%

Jamal is incorrect