Question

8% of the students at Jemerson Middle School are absent because of illness. If there are 150 students in the school, how many are absent? 12015128

Answer 1

12 students

Step-by-step explanation

when you have 8% , it means 8 of every 100 students are absent

find the decimal form

`8\text{ \% = }(8)/(100)=0.08`

then, to find the 8% of any number, just multiply the number by 0.08

Step 1

If there are 150 students in the school, how many are absent?

`\begin{gathered} \text{absent}=\text{total}\cdot0.08 \\ \text{absent}=150\cdot0.08 \\ \text{absent}=12 \end{gathered}`

so, 12 students are absent