Question

If there is 16 boys in the classroom are 40% of the class, how many students are there in the class

Answer 1

16=40% 60% left 60%- 40%=20% there are 30 people in the class

Answer 2

40 students

Explanation:

16 = 40%

Divide by two to get 20% = 8

Then multiply by 5 to get 40 = 100%

There’s other ways to do this, BUT this is the way that I solve it.