Question

10 of the students in Miss Ransom‘s class play an instrument. These 10 students make up 40% of the class how ,many students are in the class?

Answer 1

250 students

Explanation:

Given data

Let the total number of students be x

Number of students that plays instrument = 10

Hence

40% of x = 10

40/100*x= 100

0.4x=100

x=100/0.4

x= 250

Hence there are 250 students in total