Question

Challenger Elementary School has 800800 800 800 students. Every Wednesday, 12%12\% 12% 12, percent of the students stay after school for Chess Club. How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?

Answer 1

Explanation:

We know that the entire school

(

100

%

)

(100%)left parenthesis, 100, percent, right parenthesis has

800

800800 students. We need to find out how many students are in Chess Club, which is

12

%

12%12, percent of the school.

Hint #2

We can first divide

800

800800 by

100

100100 to see that

8

88 students make up

1

%

1%1, percent of the school, then multiply by

12

1212 to see how many students make up

12

%

12%12, percent.

12

%

 

of the students

=

12

⋅

1

%

 

of the students

=

12

⋅

8

 

students

=

96

 

students

12%of the students

​

=12⋅1%of the students

=12⋅8students

=96students

​

Hint #3

96

9696 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays.

Answer 2

Answer: 96 students

Explanation:

Number of students in the school= 800

Percentage of students that stays after school for Chess = 12%

To get the number of students that attend Chess Club on Wednesdays, we multiply the percentage given by 800. This can be written as:

= 12% of 800

= 12/100 × 800

= 12 × 8

= 96 students

96 students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays.