Question

A university's freshman class has 1000 students. 600 of those students are majoring in Engineering. What percentage of the freshman class are Engineering majors?

Answer 1

Answer: 600/1000 = .6 that is the answer

or 60% when you turn the decimal to percent

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:60%

Explanation:

If there are 1000 students in total and 600 are majoring in engineering, you divide 600 by 1000 to find the percent of students majoring in engineering. (600/1000) =.6

To turn a decimal into a percent you move the decimal over 2 places making it 60%.