Question

At McCord Middle School, 200 students rode their bike or walked to school. This is 40 percent of the total student body. How many students attend McCord Middle School?

Answer 1

500 students attend McCord Middle School.

Answer 2

There are 500 students which attends McCord Middle School.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of students rode their bike or walked to school =200

percent of students rode their bike or walked to school = 40%

We need to find the total students attend the school.

Solution:

Let the number of total students attending the school be 'x'.

So we can say that;

percent of students rode their bike or walked to school multiplied by total students attending the school is equal to Number of students rode their bike or walked to school.

framing in equation form we get;

`(40)/(100)x=200\\\\0.4x=200`

Dividing both side by 0.4 we get;

`(0.4x)/(0.4)=(200)/(0.4)\\\\x= 500`

Hence There are 500 students which attends McCord Middle School.