Question

84 students rode there bysicle to Coast Middle School. If this is 60% of the students at school, how many students attend Coast Middle School

Answer 1

To find out how many students attend Coast Middle School, you can set up a proportion based on the information given:

84 (students who rode bicycles) is 60% of the total number of students at the school, represented as x.

So, you can write the proportion as:

84 / x = 60 / 100

To solve for x (the total number of students at the school), cross-multiply:

84 * 100 = 60 * x

8400 = 60x

Now, divide both sides by 60 to find x:

x = 8400 / 60
x = 140

So, there are 140 students attending Coast Middle School.