Question

Angel is running for school council president. He receives 300 votes, which is 60% of all the votes. How many students vote in the election?

Answer 1

500 students

Explanation:

300=60%

300x2=600

(turning the 300 into 600 helps it make sense)

600/3=200

200x5= 1000

1000/2=500

Answer 2

Angel receives 300 votes which is 60% of total votes.

Therefore we can determine 60% = 300

The next thing to do would be to determine 1% and we can do this by dividing both sides by 60:

60% = 300

1% = 5

Then multiply both sides by 100 to determine 100% of total votes (total amount of students who voted):

1% = 5

100% = 500

Therefore 500 students voted in the election.