Question

2/9 of the students in a school are in sixth grade.

How many sixth graders are there if the school has 90 students?
Please give an explanation
Thank you!

Answer 1

There is 20 sixth graders

Explanation:

This is because there is 90 student over all, and only 2 out of 9 are sixth graders, which means 2/9 stands for 20/90