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8. On a school basketball team, 13 out of 16 students are in Grade 8.

a) Write a proportion that you could use to calculate the percent of the students who are in Grade 8.

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13:16

To calculate this, first you need to divide 13 by 16 to get a decimal.
13/16 = 0.8125

Next, multiply this by 100 to get your percentage
0.8125 * 100 = 81.25%
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