Question

Seventh, and eighth grade students. The 5 sixth

grade and 9 seventh grade students make up
43.75% of the entire team. How many eighth
grade students are on the team?

Answer 1

Answer: 18

Explanation:

14/43.75% = 0.32

56.25 × 0.32 = 18

Therefore, 18 is the answer to this equation.

Answer 2

18

Explanation:

First, we know that the total is equal to 100%. We then know that 14 students make up 43.75%, and eight grade students make up the rest, at 100-43.75=56.25%.

One way we can figure this out to find how many students make up each percent. To find this, we can simply divide the number of students (14) by their percent (43.75) to get 14 students/43.75 percent = 0.32 students per percent. We can then multiply this by 56.25 to get 18 as our answer for the number of eight graders.