Question

At the beginning of the school year, there were

1200 students enrolled at Elmwood Middle
School. At the end of the year, there were 1128
students. Find the percent of change in
enrollment.

Answer 1

6%

Explanation:

take the final amount of students (1128) and divide it by the beginning amount (1200) this will give you the percent of kids that stayed in the school, in decimal form .94, you can now multiply by 100 to get the percentage form of students that stayed, then subtract 94% from 100% to see that there was a 6% decrease in the number of students

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Answer 2

6% change

Explanation:

First find the difference between students at the end and the beginning of the year.

1200-1128=72

to find the percent, you need to divide the difference by the initial value.

72/1200=0.06

move the decimal

6%