Question

A middle school took all of its 6th grade students on a field trip to see a play at a theatre that has 2000 seats. The students filled 65% of the seats in the theatre. How many 6th graders went on the trip?

Answer 1

Answer: 1,300 students went on the trip

Step-by-step explanation: So we know that 65% filled the seats so let's turn that into a fraction.
`(65)/(100)` . Now we know that there are 2,000 seats in total so let's put that into a fraction.
`(x)/(2,000)` The x represents the students that went on the trip.

`(65)/(100) = (x)/(2,000)` we have to cross multiply

65(2,000) = 100 (x)

130,000 = 100 (x)

130,000 ÷ 100

1,300 = x So now we know that 1,300 went to the trip students