Question

There are 3966 students at a particular college, and 3450 students are taking math. What percentage of the students at the college are taking math?

Answer 1

87.0%

Explanation:

If we rewrite what is given we get that 3450 out of the 3966 students are taking math. Putting this into a fraction we get that:

`(Students-taking-math)/(total-amount-of-students) = (3450)/(3966)`

Putting this in a basic calculator of any kind we find that this is equal to:

0.8698941

This is the fraction as a number, so to get it as a percentage we just have to multiply by 100%:

0.8698941 · 100% = 86.98941% ≈ 87.0%