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

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Answer:

1300 middle school students.

Explanation:

We can turn the words into this expression:

2000 x 65/100

And that expression simplifies to 1300, so 1300 students.

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