Question

There are 85 sixth grade students in Ms. eelings class. This makes up 34% of the students in 6th grade in the school. What are the titak amount of students in 6th grade.

(please show proportions)

Answer 1

There are 250 students in the 6th grade.

Explanation:

[] Let us do "number of students" over the percentage. We will use x as the total number of students in the 6th grade.

-> 35% and 100% can be divided by 100 to become decimals

Set up a proportion:

`(85)/(0.34) =(x)/(1)`

Cross multiply:

85 = 0.34x

Divide both sides by 0.34:

250 = x

Reflexive property:

x = 250

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