Question

Nine of the Twenty-five girls on Albert Einstein Middle School's soccer team are sixth-grade students. Find the percentage of sixth graders on the team. Show two different ways of solving for the answer.

Answer 1

Given :

Nine of the Twenty-five girls on Albert Einstein Middle School's soccer team are sixth-grade students.

To Find :

Find the percentage of sixth graders on the team.

Solution :

Let, percentage of sixth graders be P.

So,

`P=(9)/(25)* 100\\\\P=36\%`

Therefore, percentage of sixth graders on the team is 36% .

Hence, this is the required solution.