Question

Cell selected. read the problem. at ashland middle school, 70% of sixth graders wore athletic shoes to school on the first day of school. the number of sixth graders wearing athletic shoes that day was 35. shade the grid to show the percent of sixth graders who wore athletic shoes. how many students are there in the sixth grade?

Answer 1

To find the number of students in the sixth grade, set up a proportion using the given information. Solve the proportion to find the total number of sixth graders.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of students in the sixth grade, we need to use the information given.

We know that 70% of sixth graders wore athletic shoes on the first day of school, and the number of students who wore athletic shoes was 35. We can set up a proportion to solve for the total number of sixth graders.

Let x be the total number of sixth graders. We can set up the proportion: 35/70% = x/100%.

To solve this proportion, we cross multiply: 35 * 100% = 70% * x.

Then, we can simplify: 35 * 100 = 70x. Divide both sides by 70 to isolate x: x = 50.

Therefore, there are 50 students in the sixth grade.