Question

Alisha asked 120 students what kind of pet they liked the most. Exactly 45% of the students said they liked dogs best. What is the tottal number of students who said they liked dogs best?

Answer 1

To work out the percentage of something you want to change the percent in the question into decimal form:

45% = 0.45

Then you want to multiply the number in the question by the percentage in decimal form:

120 x 0.45

Then solve this expression:

120 x 0.45 = 54

Therefore 54 students like dogs best

Answer 2

54 students

Explanation:

45% of 120 is 54